Reorganization of cerebral networks after stroke: New insights from neuroimaging with connectivity approaches

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1264-1276

  Grefkes, Christian ^a,b   Fink, Gereon R ^b,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

effective connectivity; functional connectivity; motor system; recovery of function; system theory

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR NEUROPATHY; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 79957464913     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr033     Document Type: Review

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