Open AccessMotor recovery after early brain damage. A case of brain plasticity.
Author(s) -
Umberto Sabatini,
Danilo Toni,
Patrizià Pantano,
G. Brughitta,
Alessandro Padovani,
L. Bozzao,
G. L. Lenzi
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.25.2.514
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroplasticity , brain damage , plasticity , stroke (engine) , neuroscience , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , physics , biology , engineering , thermodynamics
Motor recovery is remarkable when the brain is damaged early in life. We describe a case of early damage to the right hemisphere with remarkable reorganization and plastic functional changes, studied by computed neuroimaging.
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