Getting neurorehabilitation right: What can be learned from animal models?

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 923-931

  Krakauer, John W ^a   Carmichael, S Thomas ^b   Corbett, Dale ^c   Wittenberg, George F ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dose response relationship; GABA signaling; neural plasticity; neuroimaging; physical therapy; sensitive period; stroke rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; STROKE; TRAINING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BRAIN INFARCTION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84866285333     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968312440745     Document Type: Review

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