The myth of the 'unaffected' side after unilateral stroke: Is reorganisation of the non-infarcted corticospinal system to re-establish balance the price for recovery?

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 238, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Graziadio, S ^a   Tomasevic, L ^c   Assenza, G ^b   Tecchio, F ^b,c,d   Eyre, J A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^c FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Corticomuscular coherence; Corticospinal; EEG; EMG; Homeostatic plasticity; Motor; Recovery; Reorganisation; Stroke; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INFARCTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STROKE;

EID: 84866666971     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2012.08.031     Document Type: Article

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