Injuries to the peripheral nerves result in partial or total loss of motor, sensory and autonomic
functions conveyed by the lesioned nerves to the denervated segments of the body, due to …

The ease with which we perform tasks such as opening the lid of a jar, in which the two
hands execute quite different actions, belies the fact that there is a strong tendency for the …

Brain plasticity can be conceptualized as nature's invention to overcome limitations of the
genome and adapt to a rapidly changing environment. As such, plasticity is an intrinsic …

The application of neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) to paretic limbs has
demonstrated utility for motor rehabilitation following brain injury. When NMES is delivered …

The corticospinal tract (CST) is a major descending pathway contributing to the control of
voluntary movement in mammals. During the last decades anatomical and …

Celnik P, Hummel F, Harris-Love M, Wolk R, Cohen LG. Somatosensory stimulation
enhances the effects of training functional hand tasks in patients with chronic stroke …

Paired Associative Stimulation (PAS) has come to prominence as a potential therapeutic
intervention for the treatment of brain injury/disease, and as an experimental method with …

Objective Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD) catalyzes the conversion of glutamic acid into
GABA. GAD autoantibodies (GAD‐Ab) have been described in diabetes mellitus and in …

Wu CW, Seo HJ, Cohen LG. Influence of electric somatosensory stimulation on paretic-hand
function in chronic stroke. OBJECTIVE: To test the influence of electric somatosensory …

The cerebellum is an important contributor to feedforward control mechanisms of the central
nervous system, and sequencing—the process that allows spatial and temporal …