Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 30-35 , December 2006

The Neural Substrates of Motor Recovery After Focal Damage to the Central Nervous System

  • Nick S. Ward, MD, MRCP

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Nick S. Ward, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, 12 Queen Sq, London, WC1N 3BG, England

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 Supported by the Wellcome Trust, UK.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(06)01282-2

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2006.08.334

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 12, Supplement , Pages 30-35 , December 2006

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