Induced sensorimotor cortex plasticity remediates chronic treatment-resistant visual neglect

Induced sensorimotor cortex plasticity remediates chronic treatment-resistant visual neglect

Right brain injury causes visual neglect - lost awareness of left space. During prism adaptation therapy, patients adapt to a rightward optical shift by recalibrating right arm movements leftward. This can improve left neglect, but the benefit of a single session is transient (~1 day). Here we show...

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Main Authors: Jacinta O'Shea, Patrice Revol, Helena Cousijn, Jamie Near, Pierre Petitet, Sophie Jacquin-Courtois, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Gilles Rode, Yves Rossetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-09-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
neglect rehabilitation
prism adaptation
motor memory consolidation
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/26602

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