Using non-invasive brain stimulation to augment motor training-induced plasticity

Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Bolognini, Nadia ^a,b,c   Pascual Leone, Alvaro ^a,c   Fregni, Felipe ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c University Institute affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DIRECT CURRENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; CONVALESCENCE; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REVIEW;

BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 64749101609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17430003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-6-8     Document Type: Article

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