Enhanced cortical activation in the contralesional hemisphere of chronic stroke patients in response to motor skill challenge

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 638-647

  Schaechter, Judith D ^a,b   Perdue, Katherine L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Functional recovery; Motor tasks; MRI fMRI; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARIETOOCCIPITAL BRAIN CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRUM; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; STROKE;

EID: 39349108510     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm096     Document Type: Article

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