期刊
CEREBRAL CORTEX
卷 18, 期 3, 页码 638-647出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm096
关键词
cerebral ischemia; functional recovery; motor tasks; MRI/fMRI; neuroplasticity
资金
- NCRR NIH HHS [P41-RR14075] Funding Source: Medline
- NICHD NIH HHS [K23 HD044425, K23-HD044425] Funding Source: Medline
The brain processes involved in the restoration of motor skill after hemiparetic stroke are not fully understood. The current study compared cortical activity in chronic stroke patients who successfully recovered hand motor skill and normal control subjects during performance of kinematically matched unskilled and skilled hand movements using functional magnetic resonance imaging. We found that cortical activation during performance of the unskilled movement was increased in the patients relative to controls in the contralesional primary sensorimotor cortex. Performance of the skilled movement elicited increased activation in the patients relative to controls in the contralesional primary sensorimotor cortex, ventral premotor cortex, supplementary motor area/cingulate, and occipitoparietal cortex. Further, the activation change in the contralesional occipitoparietal cortex was greater in the patients relative to controls with the increase in motor skill challenge. Kinematic differences, mirror movements, and residual motor deficits did not account for the enhanced activation in the contralesional cortices in the patients. These results suggest that activation in the contralesional cortical network was enhanced as a function of motor skill challenge in stroke patients with good motor recovery. The findings of the current study suggest that successful recovery of motor skill after hemiparetic stroke involves participation of the contralesional cortical network.
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