Brain Plasticity Following Early Life Brain Injury: Insights From Neuroimaging

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-92

  Staudt, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebral palsy; early brain lesions; language; neuroplasticity; sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN INJURY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 74549174324     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2009.10.009     Document Type: Review

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