Neuroplasticity and its applications for rehabilitation

American Journal of Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 70-80

  Young, James A ^a   Tolentino, Margarita ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

constraint induced movement therapy; functional MRI; magnetoencephalography; neuroplasticity; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED MOVEMENT THERAPY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TISSUE REPAIR; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 78751644667     PISSN: 10752765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MJT.0b013e3181e0f1a4     Document Type: Article

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