Change in connection between corticospinal tract and broca's area during motor recovery in a patient with an intracerebral hemorrhage

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 1313-1315

  Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Broca's area; Corticospinal tract; Intracerebral hemorrhage; Motor recovery; Neural regeneration; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LIMB WEAKNESS; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 79960885240     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.17.006     Document Type: Article

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