Grey matter volumetric changes related to recovery from hand paresis after cortical sensorimotor stroke

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2533-2550

  Abela, E ^a,b   Seiler, A ^a   Missimer, J H ^c   Federspiel, A ^a   Hess, C W ^a   Sturzenegger, M ^a   Weder, B J ^a,b   Wiest, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cortical stroke; Grey matter plasticity; Motor recovery; Tensor based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICAL SENSORIMOTOR STROKE; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRAY MATTER; HAND PARESIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PLASTICITY; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANKIN SCALE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; VOLUMETRY; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONVALESCENCE; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

AGED; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GRAY MATTER; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STROKE;

EID: 84940610558     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0804-y     Document Type: Article

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