Motor imagery training induces changes in brain neural networks in stroke patients

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 1771-1781

  Li, Fang ^a,b   Zhang, Tong ^a,b   Li, Bing Jie ^a,b   Zhang, Wei ^a,b   Zhao, Jun ^a,b   Song, Lu Ping ^a,b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA REHABILITATION RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Brain neural network; Diffusion tensor imaging; Dorsal pathway; Hand function; Motion evoked potential; Motor imagery; Nerve regeneration; Neural regeneration; Stroke; Ventral pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DORSAL REGION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; MOTION; MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION; REHABILITATION RESEARCH; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; UPPER LIMB;

EID: 85052461520     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: 18767958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1673-5374.238616     Document Type: Article

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