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SUBMITTER: Liew SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4907885 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Neurorehabilitation and neural repair 20151214 7
<h4>Background</h4>Two thirds of stroke survivors experience motor impairment resulting in long-term disability. The anatomical substrate is often the disruption of cortico-subcortical pathways. It has been proposed that reestablishment of cortico-subcortical communication relates to functional recovery.<h4>Objective</h4>In this study, we applied a novel training protocol to augment ipsilesional cortico-subcortical connectivity after stroke. Chronic stroke patients with severe motor impairment w ...[more]