Understanding Motor Behavior After Stroke

描述(由申请人提供)：中风后运动功能的恢复通常是次优的。因此，当我们学习新的运动行为时，我们需要阐明中风患者的大脑是如何工作的。为此，我们建议将运动学习分解为多个组成部分，并测试大脑刺激如何影响每个部分。我们的研究结果将为我们如何计划和提供运动训练练习来康复中风患者提供信息。重要的是，这里学到的策略可能也适用于其他神经科患者群体。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Recovery of motor function following stroke is usually suboptimal. Thus, we need to elucidate how the brain of patients with stroke works when we learn new motor behaviors. To this end, we propose to decompose motor learning into multiple components and test how brain stimulation affects each of these parts. The findings of our study will inform how we plan and deliver motor training exercises to rehabilitate patients with stroke. Importantly, the strategies learned here would likely be applicable to other neurological patient populations.