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January 19, 2018
A Recent Study on Brian Rewiring and Hand Movement Provides Hope for Children with Cerebral Palsy

In children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP), the brain rewires such that movement of the impaired hand often becomes controlled by the side of the brain opposite the lesion.

PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Marneweck M, Kuo HC, Smorenburg ARP, Ferre CL, Flamand VH, Gupta D, Carmel JB, Bleyenheuft Y, Gordon AM, Friel KM.
The Relationship Between Hand Function and Overlapping Motor Representations of the Hands in the Contralesional Hemisphere in Unilateral Spastic Cerebral Palsy.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2018 Jan 1:1545968317745991. doi: 10.1177/1545968317745991. [Epub ahead of print]
Abstract on PubMed
GRANT: 
Federal
July 15, 2017 to June 30, 2022
Engaging Neuron-Intrinsic Signaling for Axon Growth After Spinal Cord Injury
Funding Status: 
Active Project
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Grant Number: 
R01 NS099568-01A1
Investigators: 
Jian Zhong, Ph.D.
Principal Investigator
Chris B. Schaffer, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
David Putrino, Ph.D.
Co-Investigator
Dylan Edwards, Ph.D., P.T.
Consultant
PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Cortes M, Thickbroom GW, Elder J, Rykman A, Valls-Sole J, Pascual-Leone A, Edwards DJ.
The corticomotor projection to liminally-contractable forearm muscles in chronic spinal cord injury: a transcranial magnetic stimulation study.
Spinal Cord. 2017 Apr;55(4):362-366. doi: 10.1038/sc.2016.161. Epub 2016 Dec 20.
Abstract on PubMed
CLINICAL TRIAL: 
Closed
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation + Robotic Training
Conditions: 
Cerebral Palsy
PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Tsagaris KZ, Labar DR, Edwards DJ.
A Framework for Combining rTMS with Behavioral Therapy.
Front Syst Neurosci. 2016 Nov 15;10:82.
Abstract on PubMed
PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Bashir S, Varnet M, Najib U, Perez J, Alonso-Alonso M, Knobel M, Yoo WK, Edwards D, Pascual-Leone A.
Enhanced motor function and its neurophysiological correlates after navigated low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the contralesional motor cortex in stroke.
Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2016 Aug 11;34(4):677-89. doi: 10.3233/RNN-140460.
Full-Text on PubMed
PUBLICATION: 
Meeting Abstract
Bashir S, Varnet M, Najib U, Perez J, Alonso-Alonso M, Knobel M, Yoo WK, Edwards D, Pascual-Leone A.
Enhanced motor function and its neurophysiological correlates after navigated low-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation over the contralesional motor cortex in stroke
Restor Neurol Neurosci. 2016 Aug 11. [Epub ahead of print]. 1st International Brain Stimulation Conference; 2015 March; Singapore. Elsevier; c2015.
Abstract on PubMed
PUBLICATION: 
Book Chapter
Carmel JB, Friel KM.
The right stimulation of the right circuits: Merging understanding of brain stimulation mechanisms and systems neuroscience for effective neuromodulation in children
Kirton, Gilbert, editors. Calgary, AB, Canada: Academic Press; 2016. Pediatric Brain Stimulation. 1st ed.; p.195-208.
Print Book
PUBLICATION: 
Journal Article
Friel KM, Kuo HC, Fuller J, Ferre CL, Brandão M, Carmel JB, Bleyenheuft Y, Gowatsky JL, Stanford AD, Rowny SB, Luber B, Bassi B, Murphy DL, Lisanby SH, Gordon AM.
Skilled Bimanual Training Drives Motor Cortex Plasticity in Children With Unilateral Cerebral Palsy.
Neurorehabil Neural Repair. 2016 Oct;30(9):834-44. doi: 10.1177/1545968315625838.
Abstract on PubMed

Causes

Motor Recovery, Stroke, Spinal Cord Injury, Traumatic Brain Injury, Cerebral Palsy