Rethinking stimulation of the brain in stroke rehabilitation: Why higher motor areas might be better alternatives for patients with greater impairments

Neuroscientist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 225-240

  Plow, Ela B ^a   Cunningham, David A ^a,b   Varnerin, Nicole ^a   Machado, Andre ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

brain stimulation; corticospinal; diffusion tensor imaging; functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI); motor cortex (M1); premotor; rehabilitation; stroke; transcallosal; transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS); transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ELECTROTHERAPY; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STROKE REHABILITATION;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STROKE REHABILITATION; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84930322002     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858414537381     Document Type: Article

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