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Contralesional Cortical Structural Reorganization Contributes to Motor Recovery after Sub-Cortical Stroke: A Longitudinal Voxel-Based Morphometry Study

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Title
Contralesional Cortical Structural Reorganization Contributes to Motor Recovery after Sub-Cortical Stroke: A Longitudinal Voxel-Based Morphometry Study
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, August 2016
DOI 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00393
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Jianxin Cai, Qiling Ji, Ruiqiang Xin, Dianping Zhang, Xu Na, Ruchen Peng, Kuncheng Li

Abstract

Although changes in brain gray matter after stroke have been identified in some neuroimaging studies, lesion heterogeneity and individual variability make the detection of potential neuronal reorganization difficult. This study attempted to investigate the potential structural cortical reorganization after sub-cortical stroke using a longitudinal voxel-based gray matter volume (GMV) analysis. Eleven right-handed patients with first-onset, subcortical, ischemic infarctions involving the basal ganglia regions underwent structural magnetic resonance imaging in addition to National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Motricity Index (MI) assessments in the acute (<5 days) and chronic stages (1 year later). The GMVs were calculated and compared between the two stages using nonparametric permutation paired t-tests. Moreover, the Spearman correlations between the GMV changes and clinical recoveries were analyzed. Compared with the acute stage, significant decreases in GMV were observed in the ipsilesional (IL) precentral gyrus (PreCG), paracentral gyrus (ParaCG), and contralesional (CL) cerebellar lobule VII in the chronic stage. Additionally, significant increases in GMV were found in the CL orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) and middle (MFG) and inferior frontal gyri (IFG). Furthermore, severe GMV atrophy in the IL PreCG predicted poorer clinical recovery, and greater GMV increases in the CL OFG and MFG predicted better clinical recovery. Our findings suggest that structural reorganization of the CL "cognitive" cortices might contribute to motor recovery after sub-cortical stroke.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 15 19%
Student > Master 10 13%
Researcher 9 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 7 9%
Student > Bachelor 6 8%
Other 8 10%
Unknown 23 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 17 22%
Neuroscience 14 18%
Engineering 7 9%
Psychology 4 5%
Sports and Recreations 3 4%
Other 5 6%
Unknown 28 36%
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