Different cerebral plasticity of intrinsic and extrinsic hand muscles after peripheral neurotization in a patient with brachial plexus injury: A TMS and fMRI study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 604, Issue , 2015, Pages 140-144

  Li, Tie ^a   Hua, Xu Yun ^a   Zheng, Mou Xiong ^a   Wang, Wei Wei ^a   Xu, Jian Guang ^a   Gu, Yu Dong ^a   Xu, Wen Dong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Brachial plexus injury; Cerebral plasticity; Motor cortex; Neurophysiology and neuroimaging; Peripheral neurotization

Indexed keywords

ABDUCTOR POLLICIS BREVIS; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FLEXOR DIGITORUM BREVIS MUSCLE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND FUNCTION; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; INJURIES; NERVE REGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULNAR NERVE;

BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARALYSIS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 84939233269     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.07.015     Document Type: Article

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