Behavioral and neuroplastic effects of low-frequency rTMS of the unaffected hemisphere in a chronic stroke patient: A concomitant TMS and fMRI study

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Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 615-626

  Salatino, Adriana ^a   Berra, Eliana ^b   Troni, Walter ^a   Sacco, Katiuscia ^a,c   Cauda, Franco ^a,c   D'Agata, Federico ^a,c   Geminiani, Giuliano ^a,c   Duca, Sergio ^c   Dimanico, Ugo ^d   Ricci, Raffaella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

^c Koelliker Hospital   (Italy)

^d ASL CN1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Motor recovery; rTMS; Stroke; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DOWN REGULATION; DYSLEXIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TRACTOGRAPHY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STROKE; VISUAL FIELD;

BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARIETAL LOBE; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84905080195     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.826691     Document Type: Article

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