Restorative therapies to enhance sensorimotor recovery following cerebral ischemia

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 66-78

  Ortega, Francisco J ^a   Jolkkonen, Jukka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain repair; Cerebral ischemia; Functional recovery; Plasticity; Restorative therapies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878388371     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 16890035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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