Ipsilateral motor pathways after stroke: Implications for noninvasive brain stimulation

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue APR 2013, 2013, Pages

  Bradnam, Lynley V ^a   Stinear, Cathy M ^b   Byblow, Winston D ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Propriospinal; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Upper limb

Indexed keywords

ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CORTICO RETICULO PROPRIOSPINAL PATHWAY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; IPSILATERAL MOTOR PATHWAY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARESIS; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

EID: 84933678488     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00184     Document Type: Article

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