Recovery of upper and lower limbs function is essential to reach independence in daily
activities in patients with upper motor neuron syndrome (UMNS). Rehabilitation can provide …

After a century of false hopes, recent studies have placed the concept of diaschisis at the
centre of the understanding of brain function. Originally, the term 'diaschisis' was coined by …

After focal damage, cerebral networks reorganise their structural and functional anatomy to
compensate for both the lesion itself and remote effects. Novel developments in the analysis …

A group of European experts was commissioned to establish guidelines on the therapeutic
use of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) from evidence published up until …

Intrinsic coupling constitutes a key feature of ongoing brain activity, which exhibits rich
spatiotemporal patterning and contains information that influences cognitive processing. We …

Approximately one-third of patients with stroke exhibit persistent disability after the initial
cerebrovascular episode, with motor impairments accounting for most poststroke disability …

With increasing rates of survival throughout the past several years, stroke remains one of the
leading causes of adult disability. Following the onset of stroke, spontaneous mechanisms of …

Stroke has long been regarded as focal disease with circumscribed damage leading to
neurological deficits. However, advances in methods for assessing the human brain and in …

Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is a technique for noninvasive stimulation of the
human brain. Stimulation is produced by generating a brief, high-intensity magnetic field by …

Ischemic damage to the brain triggers substantial reorganization of spared areas and
pathways, which is associated with limited, spontaneous restoration of function. A better …