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Martín-Arévalo E, Schintu S, Farnè A, Pisella L, Reilly KT. Adaptation to Leftward Shifting Prisms Alters Motor Interhemispheric Inhibition. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:528-537. [PMID: 27993820 PMCID: PMC6248503 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Revised: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adaptation to rightward shifting prisms (rightward prism adaptation, RPA) ameliorates neglect symptoms in patients while adaptation to leftward shifting prisms (leftward prism adaptation, LPA) induces neglect-like behaviors in healthy subjects. It has been hypothesized that prism adaptation (PA) modulates interhemispheric balance between the parietal cortices by inhibiting the posterior parietal cortex (PPC) contralateral to the prismatic deviation, but PA's effects on interhemispheric inhibition (IHI) have not been directly investigated. Since there are hyper-excitable connections between the PPC and primary motor cortex (M1) in the left hemisphere of neglect patients, we reasoned that LPA might mimic right hemisphere lesions by reducing parietal IHI, hyper-exciting the left PPC and PPC-M1 connections, and in turn altering IHI at the motor level. Namely, we hypothesized that LPA would increase IHI from the left to the right M1. We examined changes in left-to-right and right-to-left IHI between the 2 M1s using the ipsilateral silent period (iSP) (Meyer et al. 1995) before and after either LPA or RPA. The iSP was significantly longer after LPA but only from left-to-right and it did not change at all after RPA. This is the first physiological demonstration that LPA alters IHI in the healthy brain.
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- Elisa Martín-Arévalo
- ImpAct team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM
U1028, CRNS-UMR5292, 16 Ave. Doyen Lépine, 69676 Bron
Cedex, France
- Lyon 1 University, F-69373 Lyon, France
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- ImpAct team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM
U1028, CRNS-UMR5292, 16 Ave. Doyen Lépine, 69676 Bron
Cedex, France
- Lyon 1 University, F-69373 Lyon, France
- Behavioral Neurology Unit, National Institute of
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health,
10 Center Bethesda, MD, USA
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- ImpAct team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM
U1028, CRNS-UMR5292, 16 Ave. Doyen Lépine, 69676 Bron
Cedex, France
- Lyon 1 University, F-69373 Lyon, France
- Hospices Civils de Lyon, Neuro-immersion & Mouvement
et Handicap, F-69676 Lyon, France
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- ImpAct team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM
U1028, CRNS-UMR5292, 16 Ave. Doyen Lépine, 69676 Bron
Cedex, France
- Lyon 1 University, F-69373 Lyon, France
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- ImpAct team, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, INSERM
U1028, CRNS-UMR5292, 16 Ave. Doyen Lépine, 69676 Bron
Cedex, France
- Lyon 1 University, F-69373 Lyon, France
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Bolognini N, Russo C, Edwards DJ. The sensory side of post-stroke motor rehabilitation. Restor Neurol Neurosci 2018; 34:571-86. [PMID: 27080070 DOI: 10.3233/rnn-150606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Contemporary strategies to promote motor recovery following stroke focus on repetitive voluntary movements. Although successful movement relies on efficient sensorimotor integration, functional outcomes often bias motor therapy toward motor-related impairments such as weakness, spasticity and synergies; sensory therapy and reintegration is implied, but seldom targeted. However, the planning and execution of voluntary movement requires that the brain extracts sensory information regarding body position and predicts future positions, by integrating a variety of sensory inputs with ongoing and planned motor activity. Neurological patients who have lost one or more of their senses may show profoundly affected motor functions, even if muscle strength remains unaffected. Following stroke, motor recovery can be dictated by the degree of sensory disruption. Consequently, a thorough account of sensory function might be both prognostic and prescriptive in neurorehabilitation. This review outlines the key sensory components of human voluntary movement, describes how sensory disruption can influence prognosis and expected outcomes in stroke patients, reports on current sensory-based approaches in post-stroke motor rehabilitation, and makes recommendations for optimizing rehabilitation programs based on sensory stimulation.
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- Nadia Bolognini
- Department of Psychology and Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.,Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology and Milan Center for Neuroscience, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy
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- Burke-Cornell Medical Research Institute, White Plains, New York, NY, USA
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Turton AJ, Angilley J, Longley V, Clatworthy P, Gilchrist ID. Search training for people with visual field loss after stroke: A cohort study. Br J Occup Ther 2017. [DOI: 10.1177/0308022617743481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Introduction People with visual field loss after stroke often experience difficulties in everyday activities. The purpose of this study was to assess the acceptability of search training as used within occupational therapy and the feasibility of possible measures for use in a future trial. Method Nine participants took part in a goal oriented intervention that was delivered three times a week for 3 weeks. Patient reports of acceptability and outcomes using the Visual Function Questionnaire-25 were collected. Participants’ room-search behaviour before and after the intervention was recorded using a head-worn camera. Results Eight participants completed nine treatment visits. All participants reported improved awareness and attention to the blind side during activities following the intervention. Seven participants’ change scores on the Visual Function Questionnaire-25 exceeded six points. Patterns of head-direction behaviour and overall room-search times were variable across patients; markedly, improved performance was only evident in the most severely affected participant. Conclusion The intervention was acceptable. The Visual Function Questionnaire-25 is a feasible measure for assessing patient-reported outcomes. While the room search was informative about individuals’ behaviour, more sophisticated methods of gaze tracking would allow search processes to be determined in real-world activities that are relevant to patients’ goals.
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- Ailie J Turton
- Senior Lecturer, Department of Allied Health Professions, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
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- Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Stroke, Stroke Therapy Team, Camborne and Redruth Community Hospital, Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, UK
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- PhD Student, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
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- Consultant Stroke Neurologist, North Bristol NHS Trust, UK
- Stroke Association Thompson Family Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK
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- Professor of Neuropsychology, School of Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol, UK
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Adapting the concepts of brain and cognitive reserve to post-stroke cognitive deficits: Implications for understanding neglect. Cortex 2017; 97:327-338. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2016] [Revised: 08/03/2016] [Accepted: 12/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Klinke ME, Hjaltason H, Tryggvadóttir GB, Jónsdóttir H. Hemispatial neglect following right hemisphere stroke: clinical course and sensitivity of diagnostic tasks. Top Stroke Rehabil 2017; 25:120-130. [DOI: 10.1080/10749357.2017.1394632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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- Marianne E. Klinke
- Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Neurological Department, Landspitali, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Neurological Department, Landspitali, The National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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PURPOSE Patching for double vision is a common palliative treatment for head-trauma patients with acquired strabismus when prisms are not feasible. METHODS We review literature on spatial neglect and discuss possible effects of monocular occlusion on spatial attention. RESULTS Patching the left eye has been shown to worsen spatial judgments in some brain-injured patients with left neglect by inhibiting the right superior colliculus further impairing contralateral leftward orienting (the Sprague Effect). CONCLUSIONS Because more peripheral parts of the visual field increasingly project to the contralateral superior colliculus with the temporal crescent being entirely contralateral, avoiding patching of the temporal crescent was advised, and in most cases can be achieved by taping off the spectacle lens and avoiding an elastic eye patch.
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Chen P, Pitteri M, Gillen G, Ayyala H. Ask the experts how to treat individuals with spatial neglect: a survey study. Disabil Rehabil 2017; 40:2677-2691. [DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1347720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Peii Chen
- Stroke Rehabilitation Research, Kessler Foundation, West Orange, NJ, USA
- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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- Department of Neurosciences Biomedicine and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy
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- Department of Regenerative and Rehabilitation Medicine (Occupational Therapy), Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA
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Wood RL. Accelerated cognitive aging following severe traumatic brain injury: A review. Brain Inj 2017; 31:1270-1278. [DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1332387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Rodger Ll. Wood
- Neuropsychology Clinic, Institute of Life Sciences, College of Medicine, Swansea University, Swansea, UK
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Umarova RM, Beume L, Reisert M, Kaller CP, Klöppel S, Mader I, Glauche V, Kiselev VG, Catani M, Weiller C. Distinct white matter alterations following severe stroke. Neurology 2017; 88:1546-1555. [DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000003843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Accepted: 01/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Objective:To distinguish white matter remodeling directly induced by stroke lesion from that evoked by remote network dysfunction, using spatial neglect as a model.Methods:We examined 24 visual neglect/extinction patients and 17 control patients combining comprehensive analyses of diffusion tensor metrics and global fiber tracking with neuropsychological testing in the acute (6.3 ± 0.5 days poststroke) and chronic (134 ± 7 days poststroke) stroke phases.Results:Compared to stroke controls, patients with spatial neglect/extinction displayed longitudinal white matter alterations with 2 defining signatures: (1) perilesional degenerative changes characterized by congruently reduced fractional anisotropy and increased radial diffusivity (RD), axial diffusivity, and mean diffusivity, all suggestive of direct axonal damage by lesion and therefore nonspecific for impaired attention network and (2) transneuronal changes characterized by an increased RD in contralesional frontoparietal and bilateral occipital connections, suggestive of primary periaxonal involvement; these changes were distinctly related to the degree of unrecovered neglect symptoms in chronic stroke, hence emerging as network-specific alterations.Conclusions:The present data show how stroke entails global alterations of lesion-spared network architecture over time. Sufficiently large lesions of widely interconnected association cortex induce distinct, large-scale structural reorganization in domain-specific network connections. Besides their relevance to unrecovered domain-specific symptoms, these effects might also explain mechanisms of domain-general deficits in stroke patients, pointing to potential targets for therapeutic intervention.
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Li K, Russell C, Balaji N, Saleh Y, Soto D, Malhotra PA. The effects of motivational reward on the pathological attentional blink following right hemisphere stroke. Neuropsychologia 2016; 92:190-196. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.03.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2015] [Revised: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Clarke S, Crottaz-Herbette S. Modulation of visual attention by prismatic adaptation. Neuropsychologia 2016; 92:31-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.06.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 06/16/2016] [Accepted: 06/20/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Piccardi L, Magnotti L, Tanzilli A, Aloisi M, Guariglia P. Is the patient able to watch TV or read the newspaper? A functional semi-structured scale to observe Hemineglect symptoms in Activities of Daily Living (H-ADL). APPLIED NEUROPSYCHOLOGY. ADULT 2016; 23:418-25. [PMID: 27183008 DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2016.1167692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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We developed a functional semi-structured scale to observe Hemineglect symptoms in Activities of Daily Living (H-ADL). The scale could assist clinicians in assessing rehabilitation priorities aimed at correcting any persisting errors or omissions. In addition, the scale could also be used by caregivers to observe patients' progress and improve their participation. Two groups of right brain-damaged patients (25 with hemineglect; 27 without hemineglect) were tested twice: at admission and before discharge from hospital. A control group of healthy individuals matched to patients for age and education and patients' caregivers also participated. Two raters (A; B), experts in neuropsychology, observed patients and healthy individuals using the H-ADL. We found that the H-ADL final scores correlated with the standard hemineglect tests. The three groups differed in performance and differences also emerged between the first and the second assessment, suggesting an improvement due to the remission of hemineglect as a consequence of the treatment. Raters A and B did not differ in their observations, but there were some discrepancies with caregivers' observations. Therefore, although caregivers could help clinicians in detecting persistent hemineglect behaviour, the assessment should be performed by experts in neuropsychology.
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- L Piccardi
- a Life, Health and Environmental Science Department , University of L'Aquila , L'Aquila , Italy.,b Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia , Rome , Italy
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- b Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia , Rome , Italy
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- b Neuropsychology Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia , Rome , Italy.,c Psychology Department , University "Sapienza" , Rome , Italy
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- a Life, Health and Environmental Science Department , University of L'Aquila , L'Aquila , Italy.,d Post-Coma Unit, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia , Rome , Italy
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- e Dipartimento Scienze dell'Uomo e della Società, Università degli Studi di Enna "Kore" , Enna , Italy
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Takamura Y, Imanishi M, Osaka M, Ohmatsu S, Tominaga T, Yamanaka K, Morioka S, Kawashima N. Intentional gaze shift to neglected space: a compensatory strategy during recovery after unilateral spatial neglect. Brain 2016; 139:2970-2982. [DOI: 10.1093/brain/aww226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Visual neglect after left-hemispheric lesions: a voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping study in 121 acute stroke patients. Exp Brain Res 2016; 235:83-95. [DOI: 10.1007/s00221-016-4771-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Siniscalchi M, d’Ingeo S, Fornelli S, Quaranta A. Relationship between visuospatial attention and paw preference in dogs. Sci Rep 2016; 6:31682. [PMID: 27545695 PMCID: PMC4992877 DOI: 10.1038/srep31682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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The relationship between visuospatial attention and paw preference was investigated in domestic dogs. Visuospatial attention was evaluated using a food detection task that closely matches the so-called "cancellation" task used in human studies. Paw preference was estimated by quantifying the dog's use of forepaws to hold a puzzle feeder device (namely the "Kong") while eating its content. Results clearly revealed a strong relationship between visuospatial attention bias and motor laterality, with a left-visuospatial bias in the left-pawed group, a right-visuospatial bias in the right-pawed group and with the absence of significant visuospatial attention bias in ambi-pawed subjects. The current findings are the first evidence for the presence of a relationship between motor lateralization and visuospatial attentional mechanisms in a mammal species besides humans.
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- Marcello Siniscalchi
- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Section of Behavioral Sciences and Animal Bioethics,University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Section of Behavioral Sciences and Animal Bioethics,University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Section of Behavioral Sciences and Animal Bioethics,University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medicine, Section of Behavioral Sciences and Animal Bioethics,University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Italy
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Winters C, Kwakkel G, Nijland R, van Wegen E. When Does Return of Voluntary Finger Extension Occur Post-Stroke? A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0160528. [PMID: 27494257 PMCID: PMC4975498 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Patients without voluntary finger extension early post-stroke are suggested to have a poor prognosis for regaining upper limb capacity at 6 months. Despite this poor prognosis, a number of patients do regain upper limb capacity. We aimed to determine the time window for return of voluntary finger extension during motor recovery and identify clinical characteristics of patients who, despite an initially poor prognosis, show upper limb capacity at 6 months post-stroke. METHODS Survival analysis was used to assess the time window for return of voluntary finger extension (Fugl-Meyer Assessment hand sub item finger extension≥1). A cut-off of ≥10 points on the Action Research Arm Test was used to define return of some upper limb capacity (i.e. ability to pick up a small object). Probabilities for regaining upper limb capacity at 6 months post-stroke were determined with multivariable logistic regression analysis using patient characteristics. RESULTS 45 of the 100 patients without voluntary finger extension at 8 ± 4 days post-stroke achieved an Action Research Arm Test score of ≥10 points at 6 months. The median time for regaining voluntary finger extension for these recoverers was 4 weeks (lower and upper percentile respectively 2 and 8 weeks). The median time to return of VFE was not reached for the whole group (N = 100). Patients who had moderate to good lower limb function (Motricity Index leg≥35 points), no visuospatial neglect (single-letter cancellation test asymmetry between the contralesional and ipsilesional sides of <2 omissions) and sufficient somatosensory function (Erasmus MC modified Nottingham Sensory Assessment≥33 points) had a 0.94 probability of regaining upper limb capacity at 6 months post-stroke. CONCLUSIONS We recommend weekly monitoring of voluntary finger extension within the first 4 weeks post-stroke and preferably up to 8 weeks. Patients with paresis mainly restricted to the upper limb, no visuospatial neglect and sufficient somatosensory function are likely to show at least some return of upper limb capacity at 6 months post-stroke.
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- Caroline Winters
- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, MOVE Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, MOVE Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States of America
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- Amsterdam Rehabilitation Research Center, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, VU University Medical Center, MOVE Research Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Prism Adaptation Alters Electrophysiological Markers of Attentional Processes in the Healthy Brain. J Neurosci 2016; 36:1019-30. [PMID: 26791229 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1153-15.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Neglect patients typically show a rightward attentional orienting bias and a strong disengagement deficit, such that they are especially slow in responding to left-sided targets after right-sided cues (Posner et al., 1984). Prism adaptation (PA) can reduce diverse debilitating neglect symptoms and it has been hypothesized that PA's effects are so generalized that they might be mediated by attentional mechanisms (Pisella et al., 2006; Redding and Wallace, 2006). In neglect patients, performance on spatial attention tasks improves after rightward-deviating PA (Jacquin-Courtois et al., 2013). In contrast, in healthy subjects, although there is evidence that leftward-deviating PA induces neglect-like performance on some visuospatial tasks, behavioral studies of spatial attention tasks have mostly yielded negative results (Morris et al., 2004; Bultitude et al., 2013). We hypothesized that these negative behavioral findings might reflect the limitations of behavioral measures in healthy subjects. Here we exploited the sensitivity of event-related potentials to test the hypothesis that electrophysiological markers of attentional processes in the healthy human brain are affected by PA. Leftward-deviating PA generated asymmetries in attentional orienting (reflected in the cue-locked N1) and in attentional disengagement for invalidly cued left targets (reflected in the target-locked P1). This is the first electrophysiological demonstration that leftward-deviating PA in healthy subjects mimics attentional patterns typically seen in neglect patients. Significance statement: Prism adaptation (PA) is a promising tool for ameliorating many deficits in neglect patients and inducing neglect-like behavior in healthy subjects. The mechanisms underlying PA's effects are poorly understood but one hypothesis suggests that it acts by modulating attention. To date, however, there has been no successful demonstration of attentional modulation in healthy subjects. We provide the first electrophysiological evidence that PA acts on attention in healthy subjects by mimicking the attentional pattern typically reported in neglect patients: both a rightward attentional orienting bias (reflected in the cue-locked N1) and a deficit in attentional disengagement from the right hemispace (reflected in the target-locked P1). This study makes an important contribution to refining current models of the mechanisms underlying PA's cognitive effects.
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Seniów J, Polanowska K, Leśniak M, Członkowska A. Adding transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation to visual scanning training does not enhance treatment effect on hemispatial neglect: a randomized, controlled, double-blind study. Top Stroke Rehabil 2016; 23:377-383. [PMID: 26431365 DOI: 10.1179/1074935715z.00000000058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Left-sided transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) increases right hemispheric activity, which may improve the rehabilitative outcome of hemispatial neglect. OBJECTIVE To examine the behavioral effect of electrical stimulation of the nerve afferents of the left hand during early neuropsychological rehabilitation of post-stroke patients with hemispatial neglect. METHODS This randomized, controlled, double-blind study included 29 patients (enrolled in the experimental or control group) with left hemispatial neglect after right hemispheric stroke. For 3 weeks, patients received 15 therapeutic sessions involving TENS (active or sham) with a mesh glove applied on the entire left hand during the first 30 minutes of a 45-minute conventional visual scanning training (VST). Signs of hemispatial neglect were assessed using a psychometric test before and after treatment. RESULTS Univariate analysis of covariance revealed that differences between the control and experimental groups were not significant after treatment (F(1, 22) = 0.294, P = 0.593) when adjusted for pre-treatment scores and time since stroke onset. This suggested that electrical stimulation failed to mitigate the severity of hemispatial neglect symptoms. CONCLUSION Our study did not provide evidence of the effectiveness of TENS when added to VST during early rehabilitation for patients with post-stroke hemispatial neglect. Other techniques (applied alone or together) should be sought to improve recovery in this population.
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- Joanna Seniów
- a Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory , Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory , Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory , Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology , Warsaw , Poland
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- a Clinical Neuropsychology Laboratory , Second Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology , Warsaw , Poland.,b Department of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology , Medical University , Warsaw , Poland
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Olgiati E, Russell C, Soto D, Malhotra P. Motivation and attention following hemispheric stroke. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2016; 229:343-366. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2016.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/28/2023]
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de Vito S, Lunven M, Bourlon C, Duret C, Cavanagh P, Bartolomeo P. When brain damage "improves" perception: neglect patients can localize motion-shifted probes better than controls. J Neurophysiol 2015; 114:3351-8. [PMID: 26510763 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00757.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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When we look at bars flashed against a moving background, we see them displaced in the direction of the upcoming motion (flash-grab illusion). It is still debated whether these motion-induced position shifts are low-level, reflexive consequences of stimulus motion or high-level compensation engaged only when the stimulus is tracked with attention. To investigate whether attention is a causal factor for this striking illusory position shift, we evaluated the flash-grab illusion in six patients with damaged attentional networks in the right hemisphere and signs of left visual neglect and six age-matched controls. With stimuli in the top, right, and bottom visual fields, neglect patients experienced the same amount of illusion as controls. However, patients showed no significant shift when the test was presented in their left hemifield, despite having equally precise judgments. Thus, paradoxically, neglect patients perceived the position of the flash more veridically in their neglected hemifield. These results suggest that impaired attentional processes can reduce the interaction between a moving background and a superimposed stationary flash, and indicate that attention is a critical factor in generating the illusory motion-induced shifts of location.
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- Stefania de Vito
- INSERM U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France; Department of Psychology, Catholic University, Milan, Italy;
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- INSERM U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France
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- Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle Les Trois Soleils, Boissise Le Roi, France
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- Centre de Rééducation Fonctionnelle Les Trois Soleils, Boissise Le Roi, France
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- Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception, Université Paris Descartes, Centre Biomédical des Saints Péres, Paris, France; and Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
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- INSERM U1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris, France; Department of Psychology, Catholic University, Milan, Italy
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A Systematic Research Review Assessing the Effectiveness of Pursuit Interventions in Spatial Neglect Following Stroke. Transl Stroke Res 2015; 6:410-20. [DOI: 10.1007/s12975-015-0420-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2015] [Revised: 08/06/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Klinke ME, Hafsteinsdóttir TB, Hjaltason H, Jónsdóttir H. Ward-based interventions for patients with hemispatial neglect in stroke rehabilitation: A systematic literature review. Int J Nurs Stud 2015; 52:1375-403. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2014] [Revised: 01/28/2015] [Accepted: 04/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bonato M. Unveiling residual, spontaneous recovery from subtle hemispatial neglect three years after stroke. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:413. [PMID: 26283942 PMCID: PMC4519683 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2015] [Accepted: 07/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A common and disabling consequence of stroke is the difficulty in processing contralesional space (i.e., hemispatial neglect). According to paper-and-pencil tests, neglect remits or stabilizes in severity within a few months after a brain injury. This arbitrary temporal limit, however, is at odds with neglect’s well-known dependency on task-sensitivity. The present study tested the hypothesis that the putative early resolution of neglect might be due to the insensitivity of testing methods rather than to the lack of spontaneous recovery at later stages. A right hemisphere stroke patient was studied longitudinally for 3 years. According to paper-and-pencil tests the patient showed no symptom of hemispatial neglect 1 month post stroke. Awareness of spatially lateralized visual targets was then assessed by means of computer-based single- and dual-tasks requiring an additional top-down deployment of attention for the parallel processing of visual or auditory stimuli. Errorless performance at computer-based tasks was reached at month 12 and maintained until month 29 after stroke. A bottom-up manipulation was then implemented by reducing target diameter. Following this change, more than 50% of contralesional targets were omitted, mostly under dual-tasking. At months 40 and 41 the same task revealed a significant (but not complete) reduction in the number of contralesional omissions. Ipsilesional targets were, in contrast, still errorless detected. The coupling of a bottom-up (target change) and a top-down (dual-tasking) manipulation revealed the presence of a long-lasting spontaneous recovery from contralesional spatial awareness deficits. In contrast, neither manipulation was effective when implemented separately. After having excluded the potential confound of practice effects, it was concluded that not only the presence but also the time course of hemispatial neglect strongly depends on the degree of attentional engagement required by the task.
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- Mario Bonato
- Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University Ghent, Belgium
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Fan YT, Wu CY, Tsai WC, Lin KC. Effects of lateralized light flash and color on unilateral neglect. Disabil Rehabil 2015; 37:2400-2406. [PMID: 25893400 DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1031284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE Bottom-up-based sensory stimulation has been useful in promoting recovery from post-stroke neglect. Light and color are salient stimuli for guiding our orienting behaviors and influence the degree of spatial bias. This study evaluated the effects of lateralized light flash and color on spatial bias in unilateral neglect (UN). METHOD We enrolled 15 individuals with UN as a consequence of a right hemispheric stroke of less than 65 d. This was a 3 × 3 design study with three conditions of lens color (colorless, red, and blue) and three conditions of flash light locations (no flash, left, and right). RESULTS All participants showed a decrease in ipsilesional spatial bias under left-side light flash and a red lens. Right-side light flash and a blue lens induced more rightward bias than other conditions. CONCLUSIONS This evidence confirms the use of sensory stimulation to complement post-stroke UN remediation. Lateralized light flash to the contralesional space and red-colored lenses have beneficial effects on amelioration of UN, whereas ipsilesional light flash and the color blue may exacerbate ipsilesional spatial bias in stroke survivors with UN. Implications for Rehabilitation Contralesional light flash and the color red may ameliorate ipsilesional spatial bias in stroke survivors with unilateral neglect (UN). Ipsilesional flash of light and the color blue may worsen ipsilesional spatial bias in stroke survivors with UN.
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- Yang-Teng Fan
- a School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan
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- b Department of Occupational Therapy and Graduate Institute of Behavioral Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan , Taiwan.,c Healthy Aging Research Center, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan , Taiwan
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- d Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University , Taoyuan , Taiwan , and
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- a School of Occupational Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University , Taipei , Taiwan.,e Division of Occupational Therapy, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, National Taiwan University Hospital , Taipei , Taiwan
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Bareham CA, Bekinschtein TA, Scott SK, Manly T. Does left-handedness confer resistance to spatial bias? Sci Rep 2015; 5:9162. [PMID: 25781078 PMCID: PMC4361991 DOI: 10.1038/srep09162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2014] [Accepted: 02/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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We recently demonstrated that drowsiness, indexed using EEG, was associated with left-inattention in a group of 26 healthy right-handers. This has been linked to alertness-related modulation of spatial bias in left neglect patients and the greater persistence of left, compared with right, neglect following injury. Despite handedness being among the most overt aspects of human lateralization, studies of this healthy analogue of left neglect have only been conducted with predominantly or exclusively right-handed individuals. Here, with a group of 26 healthy non-right-handers we demonstrate that, unlike right-handers who showed a rightward shift in attention with drowsiness, non-right-handers showed the opposite pattern on an auditory spatial localization task. The current results are the first indication that factors linked to handedness can affect the development and extremity of spatial biases, potentially conferring resilience to clinical symptoms in non-right-handers and, given that 90% of us are right-handed, why left neglect is disproportionately persistent.
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- Corinne A. Bareham
- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, United Kingdom
- Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, United Kingdom
- Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, 15 Chaucer Road, Cambridge, CB2 7EF, United Kingdom
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Lunven M, Thiebaut De Schotten M, Bourlon C, Duret C, Migliaccio R, Rode G, Bartolomeo P. White matter lesional predictors of chronic visual neglect: a longitudinal study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 138:746-60. [PMID: 25609686 DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu389] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Chronic visual neglect prevents brain-damaged patients from returning to an independent and active life. Detecting predictors of persistent neglect as early as possible after the stroke is therefore crucial to plan the relevant interventions. Neglect signs do not only depend on focal brain lesions, but also on dysfunction of large-scale brain networks connected by white matter bundles. We explored the relationship between markers of axonal degeneration occurring after the stroke and visual neglect chronicity. A group of 45 patients with unilateral strokes in the right hemisphere underwent cognitive testing for neglect twice, first at the subacute phase (<3 months after onset) and then at the chronic phase (>1 year). For each patient, magnetic resonance imaging including diffusion sequences was performed at least 4 months after the stroke. After masking each patient's lesion, we used tract-based spatial statistics to obtain a voxel-wise statistical analysis of the fractional anisotropy data. Twenty-seven patients had signs of visual neglect at initial testing. Only 10 of these patients had recovered from neglect at follow-up. When compared with patients without neglect, the group including all subacute neglect patients had decreased fractional anisotropy in the second (II) and third (III) branches of the right superior longitudinal fasciculus, as well as in the splenium of the corpus callosum. The subgroup of chronic patients showed reduced fractional anisotropy in a portion the splenium, the forceps major, which provides interhemispheric communication between regions of the occipital lobe and of the superior parietal lobules. The severity of neglect correlated with fractional anisotropy values in superior longitudinal fasciculus II/III for subacute patients and in its caudal portion for chronic patients. Our results confirm a key role of fronto-parietal disconnection in the emergence and chronic persistence of neglect, and demonstrate an implication of caudal interhemispheric disconnection in chronic neglect. Splenial disconnection may prevent fronto-parietal networks in the left hemisphere from resolving the activity imbalance with their right hemisphere counterparts, thus leading to persistent neglect.
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- Marine Lunven
- 1 INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), F-75013 Paris, France 2 Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique CRF 'Les Trois Soleils' Boissise le Roi, France 3 Inserm UMR_S 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, ImpAct, centre des neurosciences de Lyon, université Lyon-1, 16, avenue Lépine 69676 Bron, France
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- 1 INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), F-75013 Paris, France 4 Natbrainlab, Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK
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- 2 Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique CRF 'Les Trois Soleils' Boissise le Roi, France
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- 2 Service de Médecine Physique et Réadaptation, Unité de Rééducation Neurologique CRF 'Les Trois Soleils' Boissise le Roi, France
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- 1 INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), F-75013 Paris, France 5 AP-HP, Department of Neurology, IFR 70, Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France
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- 3 Inserm UMR_S 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, ImpAct, centre des neurosciences de Lyon, université Lyon-1, 16, avenue Lépine 69676 Bron, France 6 Service de médecine physique et réadaptation neurologique, hospital Henry-Gabrielle, hospice civils de Lyon, 20, route de Vourles, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
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- 1 INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne Universités, and Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris 6, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière (ICM), F-75013 Paris, France 5 AP-HP, Department of Neurology, IFR 70, Salpêtrière Hospital, Paris, France 7 Department of Psychology, Catholic University, Milan, Italy
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Toraldo A, Laiacona M, Pagani R, Mandelli A, Capitani E. Perceptual and response-related components of unilateral neglect may evolve independently of one another: evidence from five single-case studies. Neurocase 2014; 20:241-59. [PMID: 23157652 DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2012.741257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The Milner Landmark Task allows the disentanglement of perceptual and response-related components of unilateral neglect. If these two components reflect separate functional systems, then cases should be observed in which the two components evolve differently across time. To test this hypothesis we surveyed a continuous series of 21 right hemisphere stroke patients. Five patients from the sample were affected by unilateral neglect at the outset and could be submitted to repeated administrations of the Landmark task in the first weeks post stroke. Two versions of the task were used, Landmark-Manual and Landmark-Verbal, differing in the type of response required. Two patients showed independent changes in the perceptual and the response-related component of neglect, hence confirming the view of separate functional systems underlying them. Dissociations between the task versions were found, witnessing a role of the type of response. Unexpectedly, one patient showed an initial leftward deviation of the subjective midpoint of the stimulus line, which later reversed to a classical rightward deviation. We interpreted such a pattern in terms of co-existing "productive" and "negative" components of perceptual neglect.
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- Alessio Toraldo
- a DSU, Psychology Section , Pavia University , Pavia , Italy
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Umarova RM, Reisert M, Beier TU, Kiselev VG, Klöppel S, Kaller CP, Glauche V, Mader I, Beume L, Hennig J, Weiller C. Attention-network specific alterations of structural connectivity in the undamaged white matter in acute neglect. Hum Brain Mapp 2014; 35:4678-92. [PMID: 24668692 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2013] [Revised: 01/30/2014] [Accepted: 02/22/2014] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Visual neglect results from dysfunction within the spatial attention network. The structural connectivity in undamaged brain tissue in neglect has barely been investigated until now. In the present study, we explored the microstructural white matter characteristics of the contralesional hemisphere in relation to neglect severity and recovery in acute stroke patients. We compared age-matched healthy subjects and three groups of acute stroke patients (9 ± 0.5 days after stroke): (i) patients with nonrecovered neglect (n = 12); (ii) patients with rapid recovery from initial neglect (within the first week post-stroke, n = 7), (iii) stroke patients without neglect (n = 17). We analyzed the differences between groups in grey and white matter density and fractional anisotropy (FA) and used fiber tracking to identify the affected fibers. Patients with nonrecovered neglect differed from those with rapid recovery by FA-reduction in the left inferior parietal lobe. Fibers passing through this region connect the left-hemispheric analogues of the ventral attention system. Compared with healthy subjects, neglect patients with persisting neglect had FA-reduction in the left superior parietal lobe, optic radiation, and left corpus callosum/cingulum. Fibers passing through these regions connect centers of the left dorsal attention system. FA-reduction in the identified regions correlated with neglect severity. The study shows for the first time white matter changes within the spatial attention system remote from the lesion and correlating with the extent and persistence of neglect. The data support the concept of neglect as disintegration within the whole attention system and illustrate the dynamics of structural-functional correlates in acute stroke.
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- Roza M Umarova
- Department of Neurology, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; Freiburg Brain Imaging, University Medical Centre Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany; BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, University of, Freiburg, Germany
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Stroke is the largest single cause of severe physical disability and rehabilitation to reduce functional deficits is the most effective treatment. Occupational therapists play a central role in rehabilitation as members of a multidisciplinary team. Occupational therapy is a client-centered profession that uses meaningful activities across the spectrum of physical and mental domains to reduce limitations after stroke. Where remediation is not possible, occupational therapists implement compensatory strategies to promote independence. Rehabilitation is based on the concept of brain plasticity, which implies that it is possible to modulate or facilitate cerebral reorganization by external inputs. Occupational therapy activities are specifically geared to promote this re-education process and encourage the development of lost skills while accommodating for specific physical, cognitive or affective impairments. Principles of motor, sensory, cognitive and affective rehabilitation are incorporated into effective task-specific activities and environments are adapted to create the optimum conditions for successful rehabilitation. Several promising new rehabilitation approaches, based on neuropsychology and technological advances, have been developed to complement therapy inputs and exploit the brain's capacity to recover from stroke.
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- Paran Govender
- Department of Occupational Therapy, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Denmark Hill, London, UK.
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Pitteri M, Arcara G, Passarini L, Meneghello F, Priftis K. Is two better than one? Limb activation treatment combined with contralesional arm vibration to ameliorate signs of left neglect. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:460. [PMID: 23966926 PMCID: PMC3735991 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2013] [Accepted: 07/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study, we evaluated the effects of the Limb Activation Treatment (LAT) alone and in combination with the Contralateral Arm Vibration (CAV) on left neglect (LN) rehabilitation. We conceived them as techniques that both prompt the activation of the lesioned right hemisphere because of the activation (with the LAT as an active technique) and the stimulation (with the CAV as a passive technique) of the left hemibody. To test the effect of the simultaneous use of these two techniques (i.e., LAT and CAV) on visuo-spatial aspects of LN, we described the case of an LN patient (GR), who showed high intra-individual variability (IIV) in performance. Given the high IIV of GR, we used an ABAB repeated-measures design to better define the effectiveness of the combined application of LAT and CAV, as a function of time. The results showed an improvement of GR's performance on the Bells test following the combined application of LAT and CAV, with respect to the application of LAT alone. We did not find, however, significant effects of treatment on two other LN tests (i.e., Line bisection and Picture scanning). We propose that the combined application of LAT and CAV can be beneficial for some aspects of LN.
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- Marco Pitteri
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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Smit M, Van der Stigchel S, Visser-Meily JMA, Kouwenhoven M, Eijsackers ALH, Nijboer TCW. The feasibility of computer-based prism adaptation to ameliorate neglect in sub-acute stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation center. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:353. [PMID: 23898246 PMCID: PMC3721088 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2013] [Accepted: 06/19/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Introduction: There is wide interest in transferring paper-and-pencil tests to a computer-based setting, resulting in more precise recording of performance. Here, we investigated the feasibility of computer-based testing and computer-based prism adaptation (PA) to ameliorate neglect in sub-acute stroke patients admitted to a rehabilitation center. Methods: Thirty-three neglect patients were included. PA was performed with a pair of goggles with wide-field point-to-point prismatic lenses inducing an ipsilesional optical shift of 10°. A variety of digitalized neuropsychological tests were performed using an interactive tablet immediately before and after PA. Results: All 33 patients [mean age 60.36 (SD 13.30)], [mean days post-stroke 63.73 (SD 37.74)] were able to work with the tablet and to understand, perform, and complete the digitalized tests within the proposed time-frame, indicating that there is feasibility of computer-based assessment in this stage post-stroke. Analyses of the efficacy of PA indicated no significant change on any of the outcome measures, except time. Discussion: In conclusion, there is feasibility of computer-based testing in such an early stage, which makes the computer-based setting a promising technique for evaluating more ecologically valid tasks. Secondly, the computer-based PA can be considered as a reliable procedure. We can conclude from our analysis, addressing the efficacy of PA, that the effectiveness of single session PA may not be sufficient to produce short-term effects on our static tasks. Further studies, however, need to be done to evaluate the computer-based efficacy with more ecologically valid assessments in an intensive double-blind, sham-controlled multiple PA treatment design.
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- Miranda Smit
- Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Center of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine, University Medical Center Utrecht and De Hoogstraat , Utrecht , Netherlands ; Department of Experimental Psychology, Utrecht University , Utrecht , Netherlands
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Rabuffetti M, Folegatti A, Spinazzola L, Ricci R, Ferrarin M, Berti A, Neppi-Modona M. Long-lasting amelioration of walking trajectory in neglect after prismatic adaptation. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:382. [PMID: 23882208 PMCID: PMC3711059 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2013] [Accepted: 07/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In the present study we explored the effect of prismatic adaptation (PA) applied to the upper right limb on the walking trajectory of a neglect patient with more severe neglect in far than in near space. The patient was asked to bisect a line fixed to the floor by walking across it before and after four sessions of PA distributed over a time frame of 67 days. Gait path was analyzed by means of an optoelectronic motion analysis system. The walking trajectory improved following PA and the result was maintained at follow-up, 15 months after treatment. The improvement was greater for the predicted bisection error (estimated on the basis of the trajectory extrapolated from the first walking step) than for the observed bisection error (measured at line bisection). These results show that PA may act on high level spatial representation of gait trajectory rather than on lower level sensory-motor gait components and suggest that PA may have a long-lasting rehabilitative effect on neglect patients showing a deviated walking trajectory.
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- Marco Rabuffetti
- Biomedical Technology Department, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Rehabilitation, Ospedale A. Bellini, Somma Lombardo, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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- Biomedical Technology Department, Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi ONLUS IRCCS, Milano, Italy
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- Department of Psychology, University of Torino, Torino, Italy
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van Kessel ME, Geurts ACH, Brouwer WH, Fasotti L. Visual Scanning Training for Neglect after Stroke with and without a Computerized Lane Tracking Dual Task. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:358. [PMID: 23847519 PMCID: PMC3707289 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2013] [Accepted: 06/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Neglect patients typically fail to explore the contralesional half-space. During visual scanning training, these patients learn to consciously pay attention to contralesional target stimuli. It has been suggested that combining scanning training with methods addressing non-spatial attention might enhance training results. In the present study, a dual task training component was added to a visual scanning training (i.e., Training di Scanning Visuospaziale - TSVS; Pizzamiglio et al., 1990). Twenty-nine subacute right hemisphere stroke patients were semi-randomly assigned to an experimental (N = 14) or a control group (N = 15). Patients received 30 training sessions during 6 weeks. TSVS consisted of four standardized tasks (digit detection, reading/copying, copying drawings, and figure description). Moreover, a driving simulator task was integrated in the training procedure. Control patients practiced a single lane tracking task for 2 days a week during 6 weeks. The experimental group was administered the same training schedule, but in weeks 4-6 of the training, the TSVS digit detection task was combined with lane tracking on the same projection screen, so as to create a dual task (computerized visual reaction time task designed for training). Various neglect tests and driving simulator tasks were administered before and after training. No significant group and interaction effects were found that might reflect additional positive effects of dual task training. Significant improvements after training were observed in both groups taken together on most assessment tasks. Ameliorations were generally not correlated to post-onset time, but spontaneous recovery, test-retest variability, and learning effects could not be ruled out completely, since these were not controlled for. Future research might focus on increasing the amount of dual task training, the implementation of progressive difficulty levels in driving simulator tasks, and further exploration of relationships between dual task training and daily functioning.
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- M. E. van Kessel
- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Medisch Spectrum Twente Hospital Group, Enschede, Netherlands
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- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
- Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, Netherlands
- Medical Rehabilitation Centre Groot Klimmendaal/SIZA Support and Rehabilitation, Arnhem, Netherlands
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Priftis K, Passarini L, Pilosio C, Meneghello F, Pitteri M. Visual Scanning Training, Limb Activation Treatment, and Prism Adaptation for Rehabilitating Left Neglect: Who is the Winner? Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:360. [PMID: 23847520 PMCID: PMC3703546 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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WE COMPARED, FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE OVERALL AND DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF THREE OF THE MOST WIDELY USED LEFT NEGLECT (LN) TREATMENTS: visual scanning training (VST), limb activation treatment (LAT), and prism adaptation (PA). Thirty-three LN patients were assigned in quasi-random order to the three groups (VST, LAT, or PA). Each patient received only one type of treatment. LN patients' performance on everyday life tasks was assessed four times (over a period of 6 weeks): A1 and A2 (i.e., the two pre-treatment assessments); A3 and A4 (i.e., the two post-treatment assessments). LN patients in each of the three treatment conditions were treated for the same number of sessions (i.e., 20). The results showed that improvements were present in the majority of the tests assessing the peripersonal space in everyday life activities. Our findings were independent of unspecific factors and lasted for at least 2 weeks following the end of the treatments. There were no interactions, however, between LN treatments and assessments. We suggest that all three treatments can be considered as valid rehabilitation interventions for LN and could be employed for ameliorating LN signs.
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- Konstantinos Priftis
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, IRCCS San Camillo Hospital, Lido-Venice, Italy
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Shaqiri A, Anderson B, Danckert J. Statistical learning as a tool for rehabilitation in spatial neglect. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:224. [PMID: 23754998 PMCID: PMC3665923 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00224] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2013] [Accepted: 05/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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We propose that neglect includes a disorder of representational updating. Representational updating refers to our ability to build mental models and adapt those models to changing experience. This updating ability depends on the processes of priming, working memory, and statistical learning. These processes in turn interact with our capabilities for sustained attention and precise temporal processing. We review evidence showing that all these non-spatial abilities are impaired in neglect, and we discuss how recognition of such deficits can lead to novel approaches for rehabilitating neglect.
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- Albulena Shaqiri
- Department of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
- Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Frasca D, Tomaszczyk J, McFadyen BJ, Green RE. Traumatic brain injury and post-acute decline: what role does environmental enrichment play? A scoping review. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:31. [PMID: 23616755 PMCID: PMC3628363 DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2012] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Objectives: While a growing number of studies provide evidence of neural and cognitive decline in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors during the post-acute stages of injury, there is limited research as of yet on environmental factors that may influence this decline. The purposes of this paper, therefore, are to (1) examine evidence that environmental enrichment (EE) can influence long-term outcome following TBI, and (2) examine the nature of post-acute environments, whether they vary in degree of EE, and what impact these variations have on outcomes. Methods: We conducted a scoping review to identify studies on EE in animals and humans, and post-discharge experiences that relate to barriers to recovery. Results: One hundred and twenty-three articles that met inclusion criteria demonstrated the benefits of EE on brain and behavior in healthy and brain-injured animals and humans. Nineteen papers on post-discharge experiences revealed that variables such as insurance coverage, financial, and social support, home therapy, and transition from hospital to home, can have an impact on clinical outcomes. Conclusion: There is evidence to suggest that lack of EE, whether from lack of resources or limited ability to engage in such environments, may play a role in post-acute cognitive and neural decline. Maximizing EE in the post-acute stages of TBI may improve long-term outcomes for the individual, their family and society.
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- Diana Frasca
- Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science, University of Toronto Toronto, ON, Canada ; Cognitive Neurorehabilitation Sciences Laboratory, Toronto Rehabilitation Institute Toronto, ON, Canada
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BACKGROUND Reward has been shown to affect attention in healthy individuals, but there have been no studies addressing whether reward influences attentional impairments in patients with focal brain damage. METHODS Using two novel variants of a widely-used clinical cancellation task, we assessed whether reward modulated impaired attention in 10 individuals with left neglect secondary to right hemisphere stroke. RESULTS Reward exposure significantly reduced neglect, as measured by total targets found, left-sided targets found and centre of cancellation, across the patient group. Lesion analysis showed that lack of response to reward was associated with damage to the ipsilateral striatum. CONCLUSIONS This is the first experimental evidence that reward can modulate attentional impairments following brain damage. These results have significant implications for the development of behavioural and pharmacological therapies for patients with attentional disorders.
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- Paresh A Malhotra
- Division of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, 10 E Charing Cross Campus, London W6 8RP, UK.
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Tippett WJ, Alexander LD, Rizkalla MN, Sergio LE, Black SE. True functional ability of chronic stroke patients. J Neuroeng Rehabil 2013; 10:20. [PMID: 23405970 PMCID: PMC3599557 DOI: 10.1186/1743-0003-10-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 02/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a paucity of information regarding visuospatial (VS) and visuomotor (VM) task performance in patients with chronic right fronto-parietal lobe stroke, as the majority of knowledge to date in this realm has been gleaned from acute stroke patients. The goal of this paper is to determine how VS and VM performance in chronic stroke patients compare to the performance of healthy participants. METHODS Nine patients with stroke involving the right fronto-parietal region were evaluated against match controls on neuropsychological tests and a computerized visuomotor assessment task. RESULTS Initial evaluation indicated that performance between participant groups were relatively similar on all measures. However, an in-depth analysis of variability revealed observable differences between participant groups. In addition, large effect sizes were also observed supporting the theory that using only conventional examination (e.g., p-values) measures may result in miss-identifying crucial stroke-related differences. CONCLUSION Through conventional evaluation methods it would appear that the chronic stroke participants had made significant functional gains relatively to a control group many years post-stroke. It was shown that the type of evaluation used is essential to identifying group differences. Thus, supplementary methods of evaluation are required to unmask the true functional ability of individuals many years post-stroke.
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- William J Tippett
- L.C. Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada
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- L.C. Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Psychology, University of Northern British Columbia, 3333 University Way, Prince George, BC, Canada
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- School of Kinesiology and Health Science, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Centre for Vision Research, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- L.C. Campbell Cognitive Neurology Research Unit, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Research Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Spatial neglect is a frequent cause of disability associated with high costs and duration of hospital stay, increased family burden, and requirements for skilled chronic care. This condition is disproportionately more frequent with right than left hemispheric injury and it is characterized by perceptual, representational, and behavioral deficits involving or directed towards the left hemispace or the left hemibody. Spatial dysfunction is conceptualized into two major components: the perceptual/representational "where" component that results mainly from injury to posterior brain regions and the premotor/intentional "aiming" component that results mostly from damage to anterior brain regions. Additionally, deficits in arousal, vigilance, affective symptoms, and disorders of emotional communication may compound the clinical manifestations of spatial neglect. Evidence-based sources that evaluate the effectiveness of rehabilitation treatments for neglect are, unfortunately, unable to provide a unified consensus for the efficacy of a given treatment approach. The reasons for this failure are related to internal inconsistencies defining appropriate criteria for treatment success and lack of characterization of neglect mechanisms and considerations of patient characteristics related to treatment failure. In this chapter we advocate the use of visual scanning, limb activation therapy, and "general treatment" because we believe that they are appropriately supported by different sources and they may be useful for experimental trials and standardized clinical care. We advocate an integrative approach that takes advantage of the same rehabilitation strategy or task to treat different perceptual, representational, and premotor components of neglect. A variety of therapies that may be familiar to the rehabilitation team may be useful as long as they are applied in a systematized program and are based on good clinical judgment. Information regarding adjuvant pharmacological therapy is sparse but different agents with aminergic and cholinergic activity may be useful. Medication with sedative, antidopaminergic or anticholinergic properties may interfere with the rehabilitation process and should be avoided.
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- Alonso R Riestra
- Hospital Ángeles Lomas and Centro de Neuro-rehabilitación Ángeles, Huixquilucan, Mexico.
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Dai CY, Huang YH, Chou LW, Wu SC, Wang RY, Lin LC. Effects of primary caregiver participation in vestibular rehabilitation for unilateral neglect patients with right hemispheric stroke: a randomized controlled trial. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 2013; 9:477-84. [PMID: 23630423 PMCID: PMC3626366 DOI: 10.2147/ndt.s42426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The current study aims to investigate the effects of primary caregiver participation in vestibular rehabilitation (VR) on improving the measures of neglect, activities of daily living (ADL), balance, and falls of unilateral neglect (UN) patients. METHODS This study is a single-blind randomized controlled trial. Both experimental (n = 24) and control groups (n = 24) received conventional rehabilitation. The experimental group undertook VR for a month. During the first and second weeks, a registered nurse trained the experimental group in VR. The primary caregivers in the experimental group supervised and guided their patients in VR during the third and fourth weeks. The outcome measures were neglect, ADL, balance, and falls. RESULTS The two groups of UN patients showed a significant improvement in neglect, ADL, and balance over time. Based on the generalized estimating equations model, an interaction was observed between groups and times. Significant interactions were observed between the VR group at days 14 and 28 in the areas of neglect, ADL, and balance. No significant difference was observed between the two groups in the number of falls. CONCLUSION Neglect, ADL, and balance among UN patients with right hemispheric stroke can be improved through the participation of primary caregivers in VR. Trained informal caregivers were recommended to provide VR guidance and supervision to patients who suffer from UN.
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- Chin-Ying Dai
- School of Nursing, National Yang Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan ; Department of Nursing, Central Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan
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Saj A, Cojan Y, Vocat R, Luauté J, Vuilleumier P. Prism adaptation enhances activity of intact fronto-parietal areas in both hemispheres in neglect patients. Cortex 2013; 49:107-19. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2011.10.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2011] [Revised: 09/15/2011] [Accepted: 10/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Nijboer TCW, Kollen BJ, Kwakkel G. Time course of visuospatial neglect early after stroke: a longitudinal cohort study. Cortex 2012; 49:2021-7. [PMID: 23332473 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.11.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2012] [Revised: 09/17/2012] [Accepted: 11/15/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The aim of the current study was to investigate recovery of visuospatial neglect during the first year after stroke. Visuospatial neglect was measured using two frequently and widely used tests: the letter cancellation test (LCT) and the line bisection test (LBT). This was a prospective cohort study of 101 stroke patients. Of these 101 patients, 51 patients showed visuospatial neglect. All time-dependent measures were taken weekly, starting from within 14 days after stroke onset. From week 10-20 biweekly measurements were obtained. Follow-up measurements were performed at weeks 26, 38, and finally 52. For the present study, number of misses in the LCT, split on contralesional versus ipsilesional side, as well as the deviation from the actual midpoint in mm in the LBT were used. The longitudinal relationship of (bi)weekly time on improvement in LBT and LCT were investigated using random coefficient analysis and joinpoint analyses. Results indicated that progress of time is an independent covariate that reflects neurological recovery of visuospatial neglect. Additionally, trend changes were obtained in between 12 and 14 weeks post-stroke with respect to the neglected side. This is the first prospective cohort study in which the time course of neglect is investigated by using intensive serial measurements in the early months post-stroke.
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- Tanja C W Nijboer
- Utrecht University, Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, The Netherlands.
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van Kessel ME, van Nes IJW, Geurts ACH, Brouwer WH, Fasotti L. Visuospatial asymmetry in dual-task performance after subacute stroke. J Neuropsychol 2012; 7:72-90. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2012.02036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Revised: 06/11/2012] [Accepted: 09/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Sint Maartenskliniek Research; Development and Education; Nijmegen; The Netherlands
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Chechlacz M, Rotshtein P, Roberts KL, Bickerton WL, Lau JKL, Humphreys GW. The prognosis of allocentric and egocentric neglect: evidence from clinical scans. PLoS One 2012; 7:e47821. [PMID: 23133604 PMCID: PMC3486857 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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We contrasted the neuroanatomical substrates of sub-acute and chronic visuospatial deficits associated with different aspects of unilateral neglect using computed tomography scans acquired as part of routine clinical diagnosis. Voxel-wise statistical analyses were conducted on a group of 160 stroke patients scanned at a sub-acute stage. Lesion-deficit relationships were assessed across the whole brain, separately for grey and white matter. We assessed lesions that were associated with behavioural performance (i) at a sub-acute stage (within 3 months of the stroke) and (ii) at a chronic stage (after 9 months post stroke). Allocentric and egocentric neglect symptoms at the sub-acute stage were associated with lesions to dissociated regions within the frontal lobe, amongst other regions. However the frontal lesions were not associated with neglect at the chronic stage. On the other hand, lesions in the angular gyrus were associated with persistent allocentric neglect. In contrast, lesions within the superior temporal gyrus extending into the supramarginal gyrus, as well as lesions within the basal ganglia and insula, were associated with persistent egocentric neglect. Damage within the temporo-parietal junction was associated with both types of neglect at the sub-acute stage and 9 months later. Furthermore, white matter disconnections resulting from damage along the superior longitudinal fasciculus were associated with both types of neglect and critically related to both sub-acute and chronic deficits. Finally, there was a significant difference in the lesion volume between patients who recovered from neglect and patients with chronic deficits. The findings presented provide evidence that (i) the lesion location and lesion size can be used to successfully predict the outcome of neglect based on clinical CT scans, (ii) lesion location alone can serve as a critical predictor for persistent neglect symptoms, (iii) wide spread lesions are associated with neglect symptoms at the sub-acute stage but only some of these are critical for predicting whether neglect will become a chronic disorder and (iv) the severity of behavioural symptoms can be a useful predictor of recovery in the absence of neuroimaging findings on clinical scans. We discuss the implications for understanding the symptoms of the neglect syndrome, the recovery of function and the use of clinical scans to predict outcome.
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- Magdalena Chechlacz
- Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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Left-deviating prism adaptation in left neglect patient: reflexions on a negative result. Neural Plast 2012; 2012:718604. [PMID: 23050168 PMCID: PMC3463195 DOI: 10.1155/2012/718604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2012] [Accepted: 08/08/2012] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Adaptation to right-deviating prisms is a promising intervention for the rehabilitation of patients with left spatial neglect. In order to test the lateral specificity of prism adaptation on left neglect, the present study evaluated the effect of left-deviating prism on straight-ahead pointing movements and on several classical neuropsychological tests in a group of five right brain-damaged patients with left spatial neglect. A group of healthy subjects was also included for comparison purposes. After a single session of exposing simple manual pointing to left-deviating prisms, contrary to healthy controls, none of the patients showed a reliable change of the straight-ahead pointing movement in the dark. No significant modification of attentional paper-and-pencil tasks was either observed immediately or 2 hours after prism adaptation. These results suggest that the therapeutic effect of prism adaptation on left spatial neglect relies on a specific lateralized mechanism. Evidence for a directional effect for prism adaptation both in terms of the side of the visuomanual adaptation and therefore possibly in terms of the side of brain affected by the stimulation is discussed.
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Di Russo F, Bozzacchi C, Matano A, Spinelli D. Hemispheric differences in VEPs to lateralised stimuli are a marker of recovery from neglect. Cortex 2012; 49:931-9. [PMID: 22664139 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2011] [Revised: 04/01/2012] [Accepted: 04/23/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Visual-evoked potentials (VEPs) were recorded in seventeen patients with unilateral lesions of the right hemisphere (RH) and visuospatial neglect. Hemispheric differences were detected for VEP components in the time window from 130 to 280 msec; this result replicates data from a previous study using a larger group of patients (Di Russo et al., 2008). Three patients were tested twice; their hemispheric differences, i.e., the differences in latency and amplitude of VEPs to ipsilesional and contralesional stimuli, were evaluated at the beginning and end of visuospatial rehabilitation training for neglect. The hemispheric differences were limited to components anterior N1 (N1a), posterior N1 (N1p) and P2 (not C1 and P1) and showed a significant decrease after training; amelioration at the behavioural level was also observed. Fourteen patients were tested only once, at different steps of their training. For the overall group, we determined the correlation between VEP hemispheric differences and the number of sessions attended by the patients at the time of VEP recording. The correlation was negative, the higher the number of sessions, the lower the hemispheric asymmetry, and high, ranging from .45 to .64, for both the latency and amplitude of the N1p and P2 components, and for the amplitude of the N1a component. The correlation between VEP hemispheric differences and time from onset (TFO) of the pathological event was not significant. Overall, the hemispheric differences between specific components of the VEP responses to lateralised stimuli appear to be a good marker of recovery from neglect.
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- Francesco Di Russo
- Department of Education in Sports and Human Movement, University of Rome, Foro Italico, Rome, Italy.
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Rusconi ML, Carelli L. Long-term efficacy of prism adaptation on spatial neglect: preliminary results on different spatial components. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:618528. [PMID: 22629167 PMCID: PMC3354535 DOI: 10.1100/2012/618528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 12/18/2011] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study describes the long-term effectiveness on spatial neglect recovery of a 2-week treatment based on prism adaptation (PA). Seven right-brain-damaged patients affected by chronic neglect were evaluated before, after two weeks of the PA treatment and at a follow-up (variable between 8 and 30 months after the end of PA). Neglect evaluation was performed by means of BIT (conventional and behavioral), Fluff Test, and Comb and Razor Test. The results highlight an improvement, after the PA training, in both tasks performed using the hand trained in PA treatment and in behavioral tasks not requiring a manual motor response. Such effects extend, even if not significantly, to all BIT subtests. These results support previous findings, showing that PA improves neglect also on imagery tasks with no manual component, and provide further evidence for long-lasting efficacy of PA training. Dissociations have been found with regard to PA efficacy on peripersonal, personal, and representational neglect, visuospatial agraphia and neglect dyslexia. In particular, we found no significant differences between the pre-training and post-training PA session in personal neglect measures, and a poor recovery of neglect dyslexia after PA treatment. The recruitment of a larger sample could help to confirm the effectiveness of the prismatic lenses with regard to the different clinical manifestations of spatial neglect.
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Leibovitch FS, Vasquez BP, Ebert PL, Beresford KL, Black SE. A short bedside battery for visuoconstructive hemispatial neglect: Sunnybrook Neglect Assessment Procedure (SNAP). J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2012; 34:359-68. [DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2011.645016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Jacobs S, Brozzoli C, Farnè A. Neglect: a multisensory deficit? Neuropsychologia 2012; 50:1029-44. [PMID: 22465475 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.03.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 03/12/2012] [Accepted: 03/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Neglect is a neurological syndrome characterised by a lack of conscious perception of events localised in the contralesional side of space. Here, we consider the possible multisensory nature of this disorder, critically reviewing the literature devoted to multisensory manifestations and processing in neglect. Although its most striking manifestations have been observed in the visual domain, a number of studies demonstrate that neglect can affect virtually any sensory modality, in particular touch and audition. Furthermore, a few recent studies have reported a correlation in severity between visual and non-visual neglect-related deficits evaluated in the same patients, providing some preliminary support for a multisensory conception of neglect. Sensory stimulation and sensorimotor adaptation techniques, aimed at alleviating neglect, have also been shown to affect several sensory modalities, including some that were not directly affected by the intervention. Finally, in some cases neglect can bias multisensory interactions known to occur in healthy individuals, leading to abnormal behaviour or uncovering multisensory compensation mechanisms. This evidence, together with neurophysiological and neuroimaging data revealing the multisensory role played by the areas that are most commonly damaged in neglect patients, seems to speak in favour of neglect as a multisensory disorder. However, since most previous studies were not conducted with the specific purpose of systematically investigating the multisensory nature of neglect, we conclude that more research is needed to appropriately assess this question, and suggest some methodological guidelines that we hope will help clarify this issue. At present, the conception of neglect as a multisensory disorder remains a promising working hypothesis that may help define the pathophysiology of this syndrome.
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- Stéphane Jacobs
- INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, ImpAct Team, Lyon F-69000, France.
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