Intracortical excitability after repetitive hand movements is differentially affected in cortical versus subcortical strokes

Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 348-357

  Renner, Caroline I E ^a   Schubert, Margot ^a   Jahn, Monique ^a   Hummelsheim, Horst ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Intracortical excitability; Lesion location; Motor cortex; Motor learning; Pairedpulse transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REST; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 70349811305     PISSN: 07360258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181baaa86     Document Type: Article

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