New insights into the pathophysiology of post-stroke spasticity

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue APRIL, 2015, Pages

  Li, Sheng ^a,b   Francisco, Gerard E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TIRR MEMORIAL HERMANN   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Pathophysiology; Reticulospinal pathways; Spasticity; Stroke

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ABNORMAL INTRASPINAL PROCESSING; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYOTATIC REFLEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RETICULOSPINAL TRACT; SPASTICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VESTIBULOSPINAL TRACT;

EID: 84933676635     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00192     Document Type: Article

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