The timing and amount of vagus nerve stimulation during rehabilitative training affect poststroke recovery of forelimb strength

NeuroReport

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 682-688

  Hays, Seth A ^a,b   Khodaparast, Navid ^a,b   Ruiz, Andrea ^a,b   Sloan, Andrew M ^a,b   Hulsey, Daniel R ^a,b   Rennaker, Robert L ^a,b   Kilgard, Michael P ^a,b  

^a School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Forelimb; Recovery; Rehabilitation; Rehabilitative training; Strength; Stroke; Vagus nerve stimulation; Weakness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL TRAINING; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VAGUS NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 84902110573     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0000000000000154     Document Type: Article

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