Prognostic value of cortically induced motor evoked activity by TMS in chronic stroke: Caveats from a revealing single clinical case
Julià L. Amengual, Antoni Valero-Cabré, Misericordia Veciana de las Heras, Nurja Rojo, Seán Froudist-Walsh, Pablo Ripollés, Nils Bodammer, Bahram Mohammadi, Jordi Montero, Carles Grau, Thomas F. Münte, Antoni Rodríguez-Fornells
June 2012Abstract
We report the case of a chronic stroke patient (62 months after injury) showing total absence of motor activity evoked by transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of spared regions of the left motor cortex, but near-to-complete recovery of motor abilities in the affected hand.