A single session of moderate intensity walking increases brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the chronic post-stroke patientsFootnote^*

* This work was done in Ambulatório de Neurologia, Centro de Especialidades Médicas da Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

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