Neuroplasticity in post-stroke gait recovery and noninvasive brain stimulation

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2072-2080

  Xu, Yi ^a,b,c   Hou, Qing Hua ^d   Russell, Shawn D ^c   Bennett, Bradford C ^e   Sellers, Andrew J ^f   Lin, Qiang ^a,b   Huang, Dong Feng ^a,b  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Engineering Technology Research Center for Translational Medicine of Mental Disorders   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d GUANGDONG SECOND PROVINCIAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^e Northwestern Health Science University   (United States)

^f NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebrovascular disorders; Electrical stimulation therapy; Gait; Gait disorders; Nerve regeneration; Neural regeneration; Neuroplasticity; Rehabilitation; Stroke; Transcranial direct current stimulation; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Walking

Indexed keywords

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MOTOR CONTROL; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84953252837     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.172329     Document Type: Review

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