Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to Enhance Post-Stroke Recovery

• Published in: Frontiers in neural circuits Vol. 10; p. 56
• Main Author: Kubis, Nathalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Research Foundation 27.07.2016; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: Brain Ischemia - therapy; Cerebral hemispheres; cerebral ischemia; Cerebrovascular diseases; Clinical trials; Cortex (motor); Edema; Electric fields; Evoked Potentials, Motor - physiology; Excitability; Feasibility studies; Humans; Ischemia; Magnetic fields; Motor Cortex - physiopathology; Motor evoked potentials; Muscles; Neural networks; Neuronal Plasticity - physiology; Neuroplasticity; Neuroscience; plasticity; Reperfusion; rTMS; Stroke; Stroke - therapy; tDCS; Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation - methods; Transcranial magnetic stimulation; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation - methods; Traumatic brain injury; France; plasticity; tDCS; rTMS; stroke; cerebral ischemia

Brain plasticity after stroke remains poorly understood. Patients may improve spontaneously within the first 3 months and then more slowly in the coming year. The first day, decreased edema and reperfusion of the ischemic penumbra may possibly account for these phenomena, but the improvement during...