Impact of 5-Hz rTMS over the primary sensory cortex is related to white matter volume in individuals with chronic stroke

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 3405-3412

  Brodie, Sonia M ^a   Borich, Michael R ^a   Boyd, Lara A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

FreeSurfer; Motor learning; Regional parcellation; rTMS response; Volumetric segmentation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84932139913     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12717     Document Type: Article

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