Lesions to primary sensory and posterior parietal cortices impair recovery from hand paresis after stroke.

BACKGROUND: Neuroanatomical determinants of motor skill recovery after stroke are still poorly understood. Although lesion load onto the corticospinal tract is known to affect recovery, less is known about the effect of lesions to cortical sensorimotor areas. Here, we test the hypothesis that lesion...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Abela, John Missimer, Roland Wiest, Andrea Federspiel, Christian Hess, Matthias Sturzenegger, Bruno Weder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3282712?pdf=render