Dynamic corticospinal white matter connectivity changes during stroke recovery: A diffusion tensor probabilistic tractography study

To investigate corticospinal tract connectivity changes at the cortical surface using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography during recovery from stroke.

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