Effects of somatosensory stimulation on the excitability of the unaffected hemisphere in chronic stroke patients

Clinics

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 735-740

  Conforto, Adriana B ^a,b   Dos Santos, Renata Laurenti ^a   Farias, Suzete Nascimento ^a   Nagahashi Marie, Suely Kazue ^a   Mangini, Nadia ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent stimulation; Hemiparesis; Plasticity; Rehabilitation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349181489     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322008000600005     Document Type: Article

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