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Lead
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
With
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Age
18–80
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
ischemic stroke causing arm weakness within 5-15 days
no other neurological or psychiatric disease, who are able to perform study tasks
You may not be if
patients younger than 18 or older than 80 years
patients with more than one disabling stroke
Patients with bilateral motor impairment
Patients with poor motivational capacity, history of severe alcohol or drug abuse
Patients with severe language disturbances, particularly of receptive nature
Patients with serious cognitive deficits (defined as equivalent to a MMS score of 23 or less)
Patients with severe uncontrolled medical problems (e.g., seizures, progressive stroke syndromes, severe rheumatoid arthritis, active joint deformity of arthritic origin, active cancer or renal disease, end-stage pulmonary or cardiovascular disease, or a deteriorated condition due to age or others),
Patients with unstable thyroid disease
Patients with increased intracranial pressure
Patients with unstable cardiac arrhythmia
Patients with contraindication to TMS or tDCS stimulation (pacemaker, an implanted medication pump, a metal plate in the skull, or metal objects inside the eye or skull, patients who had a craniotomy, skin lesions at the site of stimulation)
Patients who are not available for follow-up at 3 and 12 months
Pregnancy
Patients with contraindication to MRI will not participate in MRI
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