NeuroRehabilitation
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NeuroRehabilitation · Jan 2013
Case ReportsRecovery of injured cingulum in a patient with brain injury: diffusion tensor tractography study.
Little is known about neural recovery of an injured cingulum following brain injury. We report on a patient with brain injury who showed apparent neural recovery of an injured cingulum on follow up diffusion tensor tractography (DTT). ⋯ These changes observed on DTT in both cingulums appeared to indicate recovery of the injured cingulum in this patient. The results of this study may suggest a mechanism for recovery of injured cingulum following brain injury.
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NeuroRehabilitation · Jan 2013
Comparative StudyCerebral activation evoked by the mirror illusion of the hand in stroke patients compared to normal subjects.
Mirror therapy (MT) was found to improve motor function after stroke, but its neural mechanisms remain unclear, especially in single stroke patients. ⋯ In summary, the mirror illusion can elicit cerebral activation contralateral to the perceived hand in the majority of single normal subjects, but not in all of them. This is similar even in stroke patients with severe hemiparesis.