Transcranial brain stimulation to promote functional recovery after stroke

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 54-60

  Raffin, Estelle ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; motor recovery; motor training

Indexed keywords

HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84895063768     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: 14736551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000059     Document Type: Review

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