Cortical excitability and interhemispheric inhibition after subcortical pediatric stroke: Plastic organization and effects of rTMS

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1922-1929

  Kirton, Adam ^a,b   deVeber, Gabrielle ^c   Gunraj, Carolyn ^d   Chen, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cortical excitability; Developmental plasticity; Interhemispheric inhibition; Pediatric stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL ISCHEMIC STROKE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC INHIBITION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956939574     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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