Effect of task-specific training on functional recovery and corticospinal tract plasticity after stroke

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 773-785

  Lee, Kyoung Hee ^a   Kim, Ji Hye ^a   Choi, Dong Hee ^a,b   Lee, Jongmin ^a,b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract plasticity; functional recovery; rehabilitation timing; stroke; task specific training; transcallosal axonal sprouting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSPINAL TRACT PLASTICITY; CYLINDER TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RED NUCLEUS; TASK SPECIFIC TRAINING; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING;

CORTICOSPINAL TRACT PLASTICITY; FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY; REHABILITATION TIMING; STROKE; TASK-SPECIFIC TRAINING; TRANSCALLOSAL AXONAL SPROUTING;

ANIMALS; BIOTIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84892716151     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-130336     Document Type: Article

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