Contralesional paired associative stimulation increases paretic lower limb motor excitability post-stroke

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 563-570

  Jayaram, Gowri ^a,c   Stinear, James W ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical plasticity; Locomotion; Paired associative stimulation; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMODULATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PERONEUS NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; SURVIVOR; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; WALKING;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MAGNETICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; PERONEAL NERVE; STROKE;

EID: 43149106973     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-007-1183-x     Document Type: Article

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