The interaction between training and plasticity in the poststroke brain

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 609-616

  Zeiler, Steven R ^a   Krakauer, John W ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ischemia; Motor learning; Motor recovery; Neurological rehabilitation; Spontaneous recovery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC EFFICACY; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRAINING; BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE; TEACHING;

BRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TEACHING;

EID: 84892373185     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000025     Document Type: Review

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