Vagus nerve stimulation during rehabilitative training improves forelimb strength following ischemic stroke

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Khodaparast, N ^a   Hays, S A ^a   Sloan, A M ^a   Hulsey, D R ^a   Ruiz, A ^a   Pantoja, M ^a   Rennaker, R L ^a   Kilgard, M P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Motor cortex; Neurorehabilitation; Plasticity; Stroke; Vagus nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM DISEASE; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; FORELIMB; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REHABILITATION CARE; THERAPY EFFECT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ISCHEMIA; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROREHABILITATION; PLASTICITY; STROKE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; FEMALE; FORELIMB; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STROKE; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84883826766     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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