Stroke improvement with magnetic stimulation recapitulates ontogeny
Abstract
A patient with chronic brainstem CVA sequelae received one cycle of magnetic stimulation to treat her dysphagia and serendipitously obtained a minimal improvement in her axial movement. Two additional cycles gave her improved postural control and then distal movement, preceded by a display of ipsilateral and contralateral motor evoked potentials, respectively. Magnetic stimulation at 10 Hertz produces cortical disinhibition and reopens the critical neurodevelopment periods. The ontogenic pattern of hemiplegia recovery in this patient may be explained by an increased and rejuvenated brain plasticity due to critical period reopening through cortical disinhibition.
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