Factors influencing the response to high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in patients with subacute stroke.

CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that high-frequency rTMS interventions aimed at improving upper extremity motor function in patients with subacute stroke with moderate to severe motor involvement should be individually tailored according to functional CST status and BDNF genotype. PMID: 27372515 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience - July 21, 2016 Category: Neurology Tags: Restor Neurol Neurosci Source Type: research