Brain repair after stroke - A novel neurological model

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 698-707

  Small, Steven L ^a   Buccino, Giovanni ^b   Solodkin, Ana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION OBSERVATION TREATMENT; APHASIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; HUMAN; IMITATION; LIMB MOVEMENT; MIRROR NEURON; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR IMITATION; MOVEMENT THERAPY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MIRROR NEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH THERAPY; STROKE;

EID: 84890114629     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2013.222     Document Type: Review

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