GABA levels are decreased after stroke and GABA changes during rehabilitation correlate with motor improvement

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 278-286

  Blicher, Jakob Udby ^a,b   Near, Jamie ^c   Næss Schmidt, Erhard ^b   Stagg, Charlotte J ^d   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^d   Nielsen, Jørgen Feldbæk ^b   Østergaard, Leif ^a   Ho, Yi Ching Lynn ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

constraint induced movement therapy; GABA; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; rehabilitation; stroke

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID BRAIN LEVEL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTRAINT INDUCED THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; CHEMISTRY; CONVALESCENCE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ADULT; AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 84922288962     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968314543652     Document Type: Article

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