Modulating the healthy and affected motor cortex with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in stroke: Development of new strategies for neurorehabilitation

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-14

  Edwards, Dylan ^a,b,c   Fregni, Felipe ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MODULATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROREHABILITATION; NONHUMAN; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; CONVALESCENCE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 44449128220     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/nre-2008-23102     Document Type: Review

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