Noninvasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques can be used to monitor and modulate the
excitability of intracortical neuronal circuits. Long periods of cortical stimulation can produce …

With increasing rates of survival throughout the past several years, stroke remains one of the
leading causes of adult disability. Following the onset of stroke, spontaneous mechanisms of …

With the advent of modern cognitive neuroscience and new tools of studying the human
brain" live," music as a highly complex, temporally ordered and rule-based sensory …

Background and Purpose—Injury-induced cortical reorganization is a widely recognized
phenomenon. In contrast, there is almost no information on treatment-induced plastic …

Stroke remains a leading cause of adult disability. Some degree of spontaneous behavioral
recovery is usually seen in the weeks after stroke onset. Variability in recovery is substantial …

Longitudinal studies show that almost all stroke patients experience at least some
predictable degree of functional recovery in the first six months post stroke. However, the …

Background—The precise mechanisms of and biological basis for motor recovery after
stroke in adults are still largely unknown. Reorganization of the motor system after stroke as …

Recovery of motor function after stroke may occur over weeks or months and is often
attributed to neuronal reorganization. Functional imaging studies investigating patients who …

The concept of plasticity describes the mechanisms that rearrange cerebral organization
following a brain injury. During the last century, plasticity has been mainly investigated in …

Recovery of function after a stroke is attributable to several factors, including events in the
first few days (eg, reabsorption of perilesional oedema, tissue reperfusion). However …