Plasticity in the sensorimotor cortex induced by Music-supported therapy in stroke patients: A TMS study

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Grau Sánchez, Jennifer ^a   Amengual, Julià L ^a   Rojo, Nuria ^a   de las Heras, Misericordia Veciana ^b   Montero, Jordi ^b   Rubio, Francisco ^b   Altenmüller, Eckart ^c   Münte, Thomas F ^d   Rodríguez Fornells, Antoni ^a,e,f  

^a BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^f INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Music; Music supported therapy; Plasticity; Stroke; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885078052     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00494     Document Type: Article

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