Targeting interhemispheric inhibition with neuromodulation to enhance stroke rehabilitation

LJ Boddington, JNJ Reynolds - Brain stimulation, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background/Objectives Interhemispheric inhibition in the brain plays a dynamic role
in the production of voluntary unimanual actions. In stroke, the interhemispheric imbalance …

TMS measures of motor cortex function after stroke: a meta-analysis

MN McDonnell, CM Stinear - Brain stimulation, 2017 - Elsevier
Background Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is commonly used to measure the
effects of stroke on corticomotor excitability, intracortical function, and interhemispheric …

Evidence for interhemispheric imbalance in stroke patients as revealed by combining transcranial magnetic stimulation and electroencephalography

EP Casula, MC Pellicciari, S Bonnì… - Human Brain …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Interhemispheric interactions in stroke patients are frequently characterized by
abnormalities, in terms of balance and inhibition. Previous results showed an impressive …

The potential dual role of transcallosal inhibition in post-stroke motor recovery

F Bertolucci, C Chisari, F Fregni - Restorative Neurology and …, 2018 - content.iospress.com
Up to now, the mechanism of motor impairment and recovery after stroke has been thought
to be based on the interhemispheric competition model. According to this model, which …

Do adults with stroke have altered interhemispheric inhibition? A systematic review with meta-analysis

ANH Gerges, B Hordacre, F Di Pietro… - Journal of Stroke and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Interhemispheric inhibition is an important cortical mechanism to support motor
control. Altered interhemispheric inhibition has been the target of neuromodulation …

Models to tailor brain stimulation therapies in stroke

EB Plow, V Sankarasubramanian… - Neural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
A great challenge facing stroke rehabilitation is the lack of information on how to derive
targeted therapies. As such, techniques once considered promising, such as brain …

Bilateral contralaterally controlled functional electrical stimulation reveals new insights into the interhemispheric competition model in chronic stroke

DA Cunningham, JS Knutson… - … and neural repair, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. Upper-limb chronic stroke hemiplegia was once thought to persist because of
disproportionate amounts of inhibition imposed from the contralesional on the ipsilesional …

State-dependent interhemispheric inhibition reveals individual differences in motor behavior in chronic stroke

JL Mirdamadi, J Xu, KM Arevalo-Alas, LK Kam… - Clinical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate state-dependent interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) in chronic stroke
survivors compared to neurotypical older adult controls, and test whether abnormal IHI …

Motor recovery: how rehabilitation techniques and technologies can enhance recovery and neuroplasticity

RG Braun, GF Wittenberg - Seminars in neurology, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
There are now a large number of technological and methodological approaches to the
rehabilitation of motor function after stroke. It is important to employ these approaches in a …

Combined action observation and motor imagery neurofeedback for modulation of brain activity

CL Friesen, T Bardouille, HF Neyedli… - Frontiers in human …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Motor imagery (MI) and action observation have proven to be efficacious adjuncts to
traditional physiotherapy for enhancing motor recovery following stroke. Recently …