Titre
Longitudinal changes in cerebral response to proprioceptive input in individual patients after stroke: an FMRI study.
Type
article
Institution
Externe
Périodique
Auteur(s)
Ward, N.S.
Auteure/Auteur
Brown, M.M.
Auteure/Auteur
Thompson, A.J.
Auteure/Auteur
Frackowiak, R.S.
Auteure/Auteur
Liens vers les personnes
ISSN
1545-9683
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2006
Volume
20
Numéro
3
Première page
398
Dernière page/numéro d’article
405
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tPublication Status: ppublish
Résumé
Objective. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) provides an opportunity to study the relationship between cerebral reorganization and functional recovery after stroke. The authors set out to demonstrate the feasibility of using fMRI to investigate mechanisms of recovery in individual patients presenting with severe motor impairment. Methods. fMRI was performed during passive movement at both affected and unaffected wrists separately in 2 patients with pure motor stroke. Six scanning sessions were performed in each patient over the first 4 months after stroke. Seven control subjects were also studied, 1 of them over 6 sessions. The authors examined for longitudinal changes in cerebral responses to proprioceptive afferent input that correlated with motor recovery. Results. In control subjects, passive movement of either wrist led to relative increases in brain activation in the contralateral sensorimotor cortex and supplementary motor area, the bilateral inferior parietal cortex and secondary somatosensory areas, and the ipsilateral cerebellum. Increases in brain activation correlating with motor recovery were observed in both the ipsilesional primary sensory and primary motor cortex in 1 patient with good motor recovery but not in another patient with poor recovery. No longitudinal changes were seen in the control subject. Conclusions. These 2 case reports demonstrate that functionally relevant changes in cerebral organization can be identified in individual patients.
Sujets
PID Serval
serval:BIB_874BF3C3EFBB
PMID
Date de création
2011-09-11T17:07:44.462Z
Date de création dans IRIS
2025-05-21T00:01:21Z