Functional MRI Evidence for Motor Cortex Reorganization Adjacent to a Lesion in a Primary Motor Cortex
- Author(s)
- Sung Ho Jang; Bong Soo Han; Yongmin Chang; Woo Mok Byun; Jun Lee; Sang Ho Ahn
- Keimyung Author(s)
- Lee, Jun
- Department
- Dept. of Neurology (신경과학)
- Journal Title
- American Journal of Physical Medicine
- Issued Date
- 2002
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 11
- Abstract
- Jang SH, Han BS, Chang Y, Byun WM, Lee J, Ahn SH: Functional MRI evidence for motor cortex reorganization adjacent to a lesion in a primary motor cortex. Am J Phys Med Rehabil 2002;81:844–847.
Objective: The object of this study was to verify motor cortex reorganization in patients with primary motor cortex injury using functional magnetic resonance imaging.
Design: Ten control subjects and two patients with primary motor cortex injury, caused by a traumatic brain injury in patient 1 and meningioma in patient 2, were evaluated. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was performed using the blood oxygenation level–dependent technique at 1.5 T with hand movements.
Results: The contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex was activated by unaffected hand movements. However, only the contralateral primary sensory cortex in patient 1 and the premotor area in patient 2 were activated by affected hand movements, which were totally absent in control subjects.
Conclusion: We believe that the hand motor function of injured primary motor cortex was shifted into the primary sensory cortex in patient 1 and premotor area in patient 2. In conclusion, this finding may reflect a functional reorganization of the motor area in patients with a primary motor cortex injury.
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