The corticospinal system and transcranial magnetic stimulation in stroke

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 254-269

  Perez, Monica A ^a   Cohen, Leonardo G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Motor control; Neuroplasticity; Primary motor cortex; Primate models; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARM MUSCLE; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FINGER; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMIPARESIS; KINEMATICS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRECISION GRIP; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70349215004     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1604-254     Document Type: Review

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