Rewiring the brain: Potential role of the premotor cortex in motor control, learning, and recovery of function following brain injury

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-292

  Kantak, Shailesh S ^a   Stinear, James W ^a,b   Buch, Ethan R ^c   Cohen, Leonardo G ^c  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

motor control learning; poststroke recovery; premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; CONVALESCENCE; DECISION MAKING; DORSAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREMOTOR CORTEX; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; VENTRAL PREMOTOR CORTEX;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84857273064     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968311420845     Document Type: Review

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