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Description:: Stroke is the leading cause of permanent adult disability. Subcortical unilateral (hemiparetic) stroke affecting the internal capsule or basal ganglia is the most common of all strokes and usually results in hemiparesis of the contralateral arm and leg. About 80% of the individuals with a moderate to severe hemiparetic stroke...
Keyword:: Sensorimotor pathways, brainstem, stroke, spinal cord, and magnetic resonance imaging
Subject:: Neurosciences
Creator:: Karbasforoushan, Haleh
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 02/01/2021
Date Created:: 2020-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15187 and etdadmin_upload_754987

Description:: Following a stroke, precise, individuated control of single joints is often replaced by highly stereotyped patterns of multi-joint movement, due to a loss of independent joint control, which can negatively impact functional use of the paretic arm. Despite the debilitating nature of this impairment, the precise underlying neural mechanisms remain...
Keyword:: MR imaging, motor control, brainstem, and stroke
Subject:: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
Creator:: Meriel Ann Owen
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 02/11/2019
Date Modified:: 02/11/2019
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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