Unusual long-term motor recovery in a patient with corona radiata infarct

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 1353-1356

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarct; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Motor recovery; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENCE; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79952457457     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2010.17.013     Document Type: Article

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