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Concerning the Mechanism of Recovery in Stroke Hemiphegia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

C. Miller Fisher
C. Miller Fisher*
Affiliation:
Neurology Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston
*
Neurology Service of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 02114
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Two patients with pure motor hemiplegia were regaining strength in the affected limbs when a pure motor stroke developed on the opposite side. At the same time as the new hemiplegia appeared, the recovering side became re-paralyzed, suggesting that activity in the contralateral corticospinal tract had participated in the recovery process. Pathological studies were confirmatory. The literature pertaining to contralateral motor compensation is reviewed.

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Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 19 , Issue 1 , February 1992 , pp. 57 - 63
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1992

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