Reorganisation of cerebral circuits in human ischemic brain disease

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 207-229

  Seitz, Rüdiger J ^a,b   Bütefisch, Cathrin M ^c   Kleiser, Raimund ^a,c   Hömberg, Volker ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Neurological Therapy Centre   (Germany)

^d St Mauritius Ther Klin Meerbusch   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion weighted imaging; Functional neuroimaging; Lesion morphometry; Motor system; Perfusion weighted imaging; Plasticity; Recovery; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN TISSUE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CONSTRAINT INDUCED TRAINING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FINGER; HEMISPHERE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REPERFUSION; REPETITIVE TRAINING; REVIEW; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; STROKE; TRAINING; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 7944221378     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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