Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke.
<h4>Background</h4>Motor outcome after stroke is associated with reorganisation of cortical networks and corticospinal tract (CST) integrity. However, the relationships between motor severity, CST damage, and functional brain connectivity are not well understood. Here, the main objective...
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oai:doaj.org-article:77415ea3217f4f54b2a5ceb34ad0a8392021-11-18T08:53:24ZContribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0073164https://doaj.org/article/77415ea3217f4f54b2a5ceb34ad0a8392013-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24086272/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Motor outcome after stroke is associated with reorganisation of cortical networks and corticospinal tract (CST) integrity. However, the relationships between motor severity, CST damage, and functional brain connectivity are not well understood. Here, the main objective was to study the effect of CST damage on the relationship between functional motor network connectivity and hand motor function in two groups of stroke patients: the severely (n=8) and the mildly impaired (n=14).<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-two carotid stroke patients with motor deficits were studied with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 weeks, at 3 and 6 months. Healthy subjects (n=28) were scanned once. The CST injury was assessed by fractional anisotropy values. Functional connectivity was studied from a whole-hand grip task fMRI in a cortical and cerebellar motor network. Functional connectivity indexes were computed between these regions at each time point. The relationship between hand motor strength, ipsilesional CST damage and functional connectivity from the primary motor cortex (M1) was investigated using global and partial correlations.<h4>Findings</h4>In mildly impaired patients, cortico-cortical connectivity was disturbed at three weeks but returned to a normal pattern after 3 months. Cortico-cerebellar connectivity was still decreased at 6 months. In severely impaired patients, the cortico-cortical connectivity tended to return to a normal pattern, but the cortico-cerebellar connectivity was totally abolished during the follow-up. In the entire group of patients, the hand motor strength was correlated to the ipsilesional functional connectivity from M1. Partial correlations revealed that these associations were not anymore significant when the impact of CST damage was removed, except for the ipsilesional M1-contralateral cerebellum connectivity.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Functional brain connectivity changes can be observed, even in severely impaired patients with no recovery. Upper limb function is mainly explained by the CST damage and by the ipsilesional cortico-cerebellar connectivity.Charlotte RossoRomain ValabregueYohan AttalPatricia VargasMarie GaudronFlore BaronnetEric BertasiFrédéric HumbertAnne PeskineVincent PerlbargHabib BenaliStéphane LehéricyYves SamsonPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 8, Iss 9, p e73164 (2013) |
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<h4>Background</h4>Motor outcome after stroke is associated with reorganisation of cortical networks and corticospinal tract (CST) integrity. However, the relationships between motor severity, CST damage, and functional brain connectivity are not well understood. Here, the main objective was to study the effect of CST damage on the relationship between functional motor network connectivity and hand motor function in two groups of stroke patients: the severely (n=8) and the mildly impaired (n=14).<h4>Methods</h4>Twenty-two carotid stroke patients with motor deficits were studied with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at 3 weeks, at 3 and 6 months. Healthy subjects (n=28) were scanned once. The CST injury was assessed by fractional anisotropy values. Functional connectivity was studied from a whole-hand grip task fMRI in a cortical and cerebellar motor network. Functional connectivity indexes were computed between these regions at each time point. The relationship between hand motor strength, ipsilesional CST damage and functional connectivity from the primary motor cortex (M1) was investigated using global and partial correlations.<h4>Findings</h4>In mildly impaired patients, cortico-cortical connectivity was disturbed at three weeks but returned to a normal pattern after 3 months. Cortico-cerebellar connectivity was still decreased at 6 months. In severely impaired patients, the cortico-cortical connectivity tended to return to a normal pattern, but the cortico-cerebellar connectivity was totally abolished during the follow-up. In the entire group of patients, the hand motor strength was correlated to the ipsilesional functional connectivity from M1. Partial correlations revealed that these associations were not anymore significant when the impact of CST damage was removed, except for the ipsilesional M1-contralateral cerebellum connectivity.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Functional brain connectivity changes can be observed, even in severely impaired patients with no recovery. Upper limb function is mainly explained by the CST damage and by the ipsilesional cortico-cerebellar connectivity. |
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Charlotte Rosso Romain Valabregue Yohan Attal Patricia Vargas Marie Gaudron Flore Baronnet Eric Bertasi Frédéric Humbert Anne Peskine Vincent Perlbarg Habib Benali Stéphane Lehéricy Yves Samson |
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Charlotte Rosso Romain Valabregue Yohan Attal Patricia Vargas Marie Gaudron Flore Baronnet Eric Bertasi Frédéric Humbert Anne Peskine Vincent Perlbarg Habib Benali Stéphane Lehéricy Yves Samson |
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Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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Contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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contribution of corticospinal tract and functional connectivity in hand motor impairment after stroke. |
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