Cortical reorganization after stroke: How much and how functional?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 56-70

  Grefkes, Christian ^a,b   Ward, Nick S ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

connectivity; fMRI; functional neuroimaging; motor system; transcaranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW;

CONNECTIVITY; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; MOTOR SYSTEM; TRANSCARANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS);

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE NET; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 84892940056     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858413491147     Document Type: Review

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