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Brain Struct Funct ; 220(5): 2533-50, 2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24906703

RESUMO

Preclinical studies using animal models have shown that grey matter plasticity in both perilesional and distant neural networks contributes to behavioural recovery of sensorimotor functions after ischaemic cortical stroke. Whether such morphological changes can be detected after human cortical stroke is not yet known, but this would be essential to better understand post-stroke brain architecture and its impact on recovery. Using serial behavioural and high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measurements, we tracked recovery of dexterous hand function in 28 patients with ischaemic stroke involving the primary sensorimotor cortices. We were able to classify three recovery subgroups (fast, slow, and poor) using response feature analysis of individual recovery curves. To detect areas with significant longitudinal grey matter volume (GMV) change, we performed tensor-based morphometry of MRI data acquired in the subacute phase, i.e. after the stage compromised by acute oedema and inflammation. We found significant GMV expansion in the perilesional premotor cortex, ipsilesional mediodorsal thalamus, and caudate nucleus, and GMV contraction in the contralesional cerebellum. According to an interaction model, patients with fast recovery had more perilesional than subcortical expansion, whereas the contrary was true for patients with impaired recovery. Also, there were significant voxel-wise correlations between motor performance and ipsilesional GMV contraction in the posterior parietal lobes and expansion in dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. In sum, perilesional GMV expansion is associated with successful recovery after cortical stroke, possibly reflecting the restructuring of local cortical networks. Distant changes within the prefrontal-striato-thalamic network are related to impaired recovery, probably indicating higher demands on cognitive control of motor behaviour.


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Lateralidade Funcional/fisiologia , Substância Cinzenta/patologia , Mãos/fisiologia , Recuperação de Função Fisiológica/fisiologia , Córtex Sensório-Motor/patologia , Acidente Vascular Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Idoso , Substância Cinzenta/fisiologia , Substância Cinzenta/fisiopatologia , Mãos/fisiopatologia , Humanos , Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética/métodos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Córtex Motor/fisiopatologia , Paresia/fisiopatologia , Córtex Sensório-Motor/fisiologia , Córtex Sensório-Motor/fisiopatologia
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Hum Brain Mapp ; 8(1): 1-12, 1999.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10432178

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Tactile discrimination of macrogeometric objects in a two-alternative forced-choice procedure represents a demanding task involving somatosensory pathways and higher cognitive processing. The objects for somatosensory discrimination, i.e., rectangular parallelepipeds differing only in oblongness, were presented in sequential pairs to normal volunteers and 12 parkinsonian patients. The performance of patients was significantly impaired compared to normal volunteers. From a biochemical point of view, the patients were characterized by a severely reduced 6-[18F]-fluoro-L-dopa (FDOPA) tracer metabolism in the basal ganglia, as measured using positron emission tomography (PET). Furthermore, reduced specific FDOPA metabolism in the putamen was consistent with the impaired motor capacities of the patients. The reduced specific FDOPA-uptake within the caudate nucleus was associated with additionally diminished somatosensory discrimination. This association, of low perception during task performance and decreased FDOPA-uptake, provides direct evidence for the role of the caudate nucleus in the cognitive part of the task. We suggest that directed attention and working memory were critically involved as a result of disturbed interactions between the head of the caudate nucleus and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex. Furthermore, there were indications of an additional involvement of the mesolimbic system, which might be of importance during challenging situations such as forced choice. We conclude that differential effects on parts of the basal ganglia, during evolution of the degenerative process characteristic of Parkinson's disease, have profound consequences on the performance of skills, as shown here for a somatosensory discrimination task.


Assuntos
Mapeamento Encefálico , Núcleo Caudado/fisiopatologia , Discriminação Psicológica , Dopamina/fisiologia , Percepção de Forma/fisiologia , Doença de Parkinson/fisiopatologia , Adulto , Idoso , Núcleo Caudado/diagnóstico por imagem , Feminino , Fluordesoxiglucose F18/farmacocinética , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doença de Parkinson/diagnóstico por imagem , Compostos Radiofarmacêuticos/farmacocinética , Tempo de Reação , Análise de Regressão , Córtex Somatossensorial/fisiopatologia , Tomografia Computadorizada de Emissão , Tato
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