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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Single, ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke resulting in upper extremity hemiparesis more than 6 months prior to the time of enrollment. (Prior strokes that did not cause upper extremity motor deficits are not exclusionary.) 2. Participants must be between the ages of 21 and 70 years old. 3. Scores higher than 7 and lower than 50 on the Fugl-Meyer scale Exclusion Criteria: 1. Serious disease or disorder (ex. neurological condition other than stroke, cancer, severe cardiac or respiratory disease, renal failure, etc.) or cognitive impairments that could affect the ability to participate in study activities. 2. Pregnancy or breast feeding. 3. Receiving anticoagulant, anti-spasticity or anti-epileptic medications throughout the duration of the study. 4. Presence of any implanted medical devices. 5. Severe claustrophobia. 6. Presence of joint contractures deemed by study clinician/investigator to be too severe to participate in study activities 7. Results from the Brief Symptoms Inventory (BSI-18) and additional discussions with the Principal Investigator and a study physician that deem participant inappropriate for the study. 8. Evaluation to sign consent form score \<12.