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Remodeling of cortical motor representations after stroke: implications for recovery from brain damage

Molecular Psychiatry volume 2, pages 188–191 (1997)Cite this article

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Recent neurophysiological results in non-human primates suggest that the adjacent, undamaged cortex may assume the function of the damaged cortex, but only when rehabilitative therapy is provided after injury.

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Nudo, R. Remodeling of cortical motor representations after stroke: implications for recovery from brain damage. Mol Psychiatry 2, 188–191 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.mp.4000188

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