Repairing the human brain after stroke: I. Mechanisms of spontaneous recovery

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 272-287

  Cramer, Steven C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 41849103827     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21393     Document Type: Review

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