Structural plasticity in adulthood with motor learning and stroke rehabilitation

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue , 2018, Pages 25-40

  Sampaio Baptista, Cassandra ^a   Sanders, Zeena Britt ^a   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

motor learning; MRI; stroke rehabilitation; structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADULTHOOD; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOTOR LEARNING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE REHABILITATION; BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BRAIN; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STROKE; STROKE REHABILITATION;

EID: 85049663766     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-neuro-080317-062015     Document Type: Review

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