Cortical plasticity following motor skill learning during mental practice in stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 382-388

  Page, Stephen J ^a,b   Szaflarski, Jerzy P ^a   Eliassen, James C ^a   Pan, Hai ^a   Cramer, Steven C ^b,c  

^a Medical Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Mental imagery; Motor cortex; Neuroplasticity; Physical therapy; Stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL PRACTICE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WRIST;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGERY (PSYCHOTHERAPY); LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64149101062     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308326427     Document Type: Article

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