Continuous theta burst stimulation over the contralesional sensory and motor cortex enhances motor learning post-stroke

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-30

  Meehan, Sean K ^a   Dao, Elizabeth ^a   Linsdell, Meghan A ^a   Boyd, Lara A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Motor control; Motor learning; Somatosensory; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STIMULATOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS THETA BURST STIMULATION; CONTRALESIONAL PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; THETA RHYTHM; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR SKILLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960293539     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.05.237     Document Type: Article

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