Ipsilateral corticomotor neurophysiology in children with perinatal stroke

Perinatal stroke (PS) causes most hemiparetic cerebral palsy. Persistence of ipsilateral corticomotor connections from unlesioned hemisphere to aff5cted hand are common and associated with worse function. Ipsilateral cortical neurophysiology is poorly understood and a therapeutic target. We hypothesized that ipsilateral motor cortex demonstrates the same neurophysiological properties as normal contralateral systems.

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Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - March 1, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: O. Damji, A. Kirton Tags: Abstracts Presented at NYC Neuromodulation 2013 Source Type: research