Insights from rodent stroke models

Ischemic injuries within the motor cortex results in functional deficits that profoundly impact activities of daily living in patients. Current rehabilitation protocols achieve only limited recovery of motor abilities. The brain reorganizes spontaneously after injury, and it is believed that appropriately boosting these neuroplastic processes may restore function via recruitment of spared areas and pathways. In this presentation, I will describe our recent work on novel experimental therapies for the recovery of motor function in a mouse model of focal stroke.
Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - Category: Neurology Authors: Source Type: research