Motor recovery via aberrant pyramidal tract in a patient with a cerebral peduncle infarct

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1023-1026

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aberrant pyramidal tract; Cerebral peduncle; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hemiparesis; Motor recovery; cerebral infarct

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LIMB WEAKNESS; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79959293281     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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