Rehabilitation-Induced Changes of the Brain Circuits and the Recovery of Functions in Post-Stroke Ra (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Rehabilitation-Induced Changes of the Brain Circuits and the Recovery of Functions in Post-Stroke Ra

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Researchers at Japan's National Institute for Physiological Science and Nagoya City University investigated the causal relationship between rehabilitation-induced changes of the brain circuits and the recovery of functions in post-stroke rats. The team found an increase of the cortex-to-red nucleus pathway and proved this pathway is a substrate for recovery in intensively rehabilitated rats. The findings provide valuable information on how to devise improved rehabilitation methods for humans.

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