Understanding and enhancing motor recovery after stroke using transcranial magnetic stimulation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 395-409

  Hoyer, Erik H ^a   Celnik, Pablo A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

plasticity; stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN PERFUSION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPERFUSION; REVIEW; STROKE; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

COMPREHENSION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84856445776     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0611     Document Type: Review

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