Treatment-Induced Cortical Reorganization After Stroke in Humans
Author(s) -
Joachim Liepert,
H. Bauder,
Wolfgang H. R. Miltner,
Edward Taub,
Cornelius Weiller
Publication year - 2000
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.31.6.1210
Subject(s) - constraint induced movement therapy , medicine , transcranial magnetic stimulation , stroke (engine) , motor cortex , neuroplasticity , rehabilitation , physical medicine and rehabilitation , supplementary motor area , cortex (anatomy) , neuroscience , motor area , stimulation , motor function , physical therapy , radiology , psychology , functional magnetic resonance imaging , mechanical engineering , psychiatry , engineering
Injury-induced cortical reorganization is a widely recognized phenomenon. In contrast, there is almost no information on treatment-induced plastic changes in the human brain. The aim of the present study was to evaluate reorganization in the motor cortex of stroke patients that was induced with an efficacious rehabilitation treatment.
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