Reperfusion does not improve impaired rapid-onset cortical plasticity in patients with severe stenosis of the internal carotid artery

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  List, Jonathan ^a,b   Albers, Johannes ^b   Kürten, Julia ^b   Schwindt, Arne ^b   Wilbers, Eike ^b   Flöel, Agnes ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTRALATERAL MOTOR CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ONSET AGE; PAIRED ASSOCIATIVE STIMULATION; REPERFUSION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REPERFUSION; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84864214874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041004     Document Type: Article

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