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Oquita R, Cuello V, Uppati S, Mannuru S, Salinas D, Dobbs M, Potter-Baker KA. Moving toward elucidating alternative motor pathway structures post-stroke: the value of spinal cord neuroimaging. Front Neurol 2024; 15:1282685. [PMID: 38419695 PMCID: PMC10899520 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1282685] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/02/2024] Open
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Stroke results in varying levels of motor and sensory disability that have been linked to the neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation that occur in the infarct and peri-infarct regions within the brain. Specifically, previous research has identified a key role of the corticospinal tract in motor dysfunction and motor recovery post-stroke. Of note, neuroimaging studies have utilized magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain to describe the timeline of neurodegeneration of the corticospinal tract in tandem with motor function following a stroke. However, research has suggested that alternate motor pathways may also underlie disease progression and the degree of functional recovery post-stroke. Here, we assert that expanding neuroimaging techniques beyond the brain could expand our knowledge of alternate motor pathway structure post-stroke. In the present work, we will highlight findings that suggest that alternate motor pathways contribute to post-stroke motor dysfunction and recovery, such as the reticulospinal and rubrospinal tract. Then we review imaging and electrophysiological techniques that evaluate alternate motor pathways in populations of stroke and other neurodegenerative disorders. We will then outline and describe spinal cord neuroimaging techniques being used in other neurodegenerative disorders that may provide insight into alternate motor pathways post-stroke.
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- Ramiro Oquita
- School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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- School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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- School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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- School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, United States
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Druga R, Salaj M, Al-Redouan A. Parvalbumin - Positive Neurons in the Neocortex: A Review. Physiol Res 2023; 72:S173-S191. [PMID: 37565421 PMCID: PMC10660579 DOI: 10.33549/physiolres.935005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2023] [Indexed: 12/01/2023] Open
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The calcium binding protein parvalbumin (PV) in the mammalian neocortex is expressed in a subpopulation of cortical GABAergic inhibitory interneurons. PV - producing interneurons represent the largest subpopulation of neocortical inhibitory cells, exhibit mutual chemical and electrical synaptic contacts and are well known to generate gamma oscillation. This review summarizes basic data of the distribution, afferent and efferent connections and physiological properties of parvalbumin expressing neurons in the neocortex. Basic data about participation of PV-positive neurons in cortical microcircuits are presented. Autaptic connections, metabolism and perineuronal nets (PNN) of PV positive neurons are also discussed.
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- R Druga
- Department of Anatomy, 2nd Medical Faculty, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic.
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Li X, Liao X, Chen C, Zhang L, Sun S, Wan M, Liu J, Huang L, Yang D, Hu H, Ma X, Zhong Z, Liu F, Xiong G, Lu H, Chen J, Cao Z. Propranolol hydrochloride induces neurodevelopmental toxicity and locomotor disorders in zebrafish larvae. Neurotoxicology 2022; 93:337-347. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2022.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2022] [Revised: 10/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Matsuda K, Nagasaka K, Kato J, Takashima I, Higo N. Structural plasticity of motor cortices assessed by voxel-based morphometry and immunohistochemical analysis following internal capsular infarcts in macaque monkeys. Cereb Cortex Commun 2022; 3:tgac046. [PMID: 36457456 PMCID: PMC9706438 DOI: 10.1093/texcom/tgac046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2023] Open
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Compensatory plastic changes in the remaining intact brain regions are supposedly involved in functional recovery following stroke. Previously, a compensatory increase in cortical activation occurred in the ventral premotor cortex (PMv), which contributed to the recovery of dexterous hand movement in a macaque model of unilateral internal capsular infarcts. Herein, we investigated the structural plastic changes underlying functional changes together with voxel-based morphometry (VBM) analysis of magnetic resonance imaging data and immunohistochemical analysis using SMI-32 antibody in a macaque model. Unilateral internal capsular infarcts were pharmacologically induced in 5 macaques, and another 5 macaques were used as intact controls for immunohistochemical analysis. Three months post infarcts, we observed significant increases in the gray matter volume (GMV) and the dendritic arborization of layer V pyramidal neurons in the contralesional rostral PMv (F5) as well as the primary motor cortex (M1). The histological analysis revealed shrinkage of neuronal soma and dendrites in the ipsilesional M1 and several premotor cortices, despite not always detecting GMV reduction by VBM analysis. In conclusion, compensatory structural changes occur in the contralesional F5 and M1 during motor recovery following internal capsular infarcts, and the dendritic growth of pyramidal neurons is partially correlated with GMV increase.
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- Kohei Matsuda
- Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058577, Japan
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- Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
- Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 9503198, Japan
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Rehabilitation, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata 9503198, Japan
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- Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058577, Japan
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- Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058577, Japan
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- Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-1-1 Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
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Higo N. Motor Cortex Plasticity During Functional Recovery Following Brain Damage. JOURNAL OF ROBOTICS AND MECHATRONICS 2022. [DOI: 10.20965/jrm.2022.p0700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Although brain damage causes functional impairment, it is often followed by partial or total recovery of function. Recovery is believed to occur primarily because of brain plasticity. Both human and animal studies have significantly contributed to uncovering the neuronal basis of plasticity. Recent advances in brain imaging technology have enabled the investigation of plastic changes in living human brains. In addition, animal experiments have revealed detailed changes at the neural and genetic levels. In this review, plasticity in motor-related areas of the cerebral cortex, which is one of the most well-studied areas of the neocortex in terms of plasticity, is reviewed. In addition, the potential of technological interventions to enhance plasticity and promote functional recovery following brain damage is discussed. Novel neurorehabilitation technologies are expected to be established based on the emerging research on plasticity from the last several decades.
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Suzuki M, Onoe K, Sawada M, Takahashi N, Higo N, Murata Y, Tsukada H, Isa T, Onoe H, Nishimura Y. The Ventral Striatum is a Key Node for Functional Recovery of Finger Dexterity After Spinal Cord Injury in Monkeys. Cereb Cortex 2019; 30:3259-3270. [PMID: 31813974 PMCID: PMC7197201 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Revised: 11/15/2019] [Accepted: 11/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In a recent study, we demonstrated that the ventral striatum (VSt) controls finger movements directly during the early recovery stage after spinal cord injury (SCI), implying that the VSt may be a part of neural substrates responsible for the recovery of dexterous finger movements. The VSt is accepted widely as a key node for motivation, but is not thought to be involved in the direct control of limb movements. Therefore, whether a causal relationship exists between the VSt and motor recovery after SCI is unknown, and the role of the VSt in the recovery of dexterous finger movements orfinger movements in general after SCI remains unclear. In the present study, functional brain imaging in a macaque model of SCI revealed a strengthened functional connectivity between motor-related areas and the VSt during the recovery process for precision grip, but not whole finger grip after SCI. Furthermore, permanent lesion of the VSt impeded the recoveryof precision grip, but not coarse grip. Thus, the VSt was needed specifically for functional recovery of dexterous finger movements. These results suggest that the VSt is the key node of the cortical reorganization required for functional recovery of finger dexterity.
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- Michiaki Suzuki
- Neural Prosthesis Project, Dementia and Higher Brain Function, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.,Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan.,Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.,Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda, Tokyo 102-0083, Japan
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- Laboratory for Pathophysiological and Health Science, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.,Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Central Research Laboratory, Hamamatsu Photonics, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 434-8601, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan.,Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.,Intitute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.,Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Neural Prosthesis Project, Dementia and Higher Brain Function, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya, Tokyo 156-8506, Japan.,Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan.,Department of Physiological Sciences, School of Life Science, SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies), Hayama, Kanagawa 240-0193, Japan.,Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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Isa T, Mitsuhashi M, Yamaguchi R. Alternative routes for recovery of hand functions after corticospinal tract injury in primates and rodents. Curr Opin Neurol 2019; 32:836-843. [PMID: 31688166 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000000749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Recent studies on various corticospinal tract (CST) lesions have shown the plastic changes at a variety of motor systems after the lesion. This review provides the alternative routes associated with the motor functional recovery after the CST lesions at various levels in nonhuman primates and rodents. RECENT FINDINGS In the case of the motor cortical lesions, the perilesional area compensates for the lesion. In contrast, sprouting of the corticoreticular tracts was observed after the lesions involving sensorimotor cortical areas. After the internal capsule lesion, sprouting in the cortico-rubral pathway contributes to the recovery. In case of the pyramidal lesion, rubrospinal and reticulospinal tracts play a role of the functional recovery. After the dorsolateral funiculus (DLF) lesion at C4/C5, the indirect pathway via propriospinal tract contributes to the recovery. In case of the hemisection at lower cervical cord, the CST fibers sprouted from the bilateral motor cortex and descended to the contralesional DLF and crossed below the lesion area. SUMMARY The central pathways can change their structure and activity dynamically depending on the lesion sites and size. Revealing the difference of the alternative pathways should be crucial to understand the whole recovery mechanism and develop the further neurorehabilitative treatment.
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- Tadashi Isa
- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Sugiyama Y, Oishi T, Yamashita A, Murata Y, Yamamoto T, Takashima I, Isa T, Higo N. Neuronal and microglial localization of secreted phosphoprotein 1 (osteopontin) in intact and damaged motor cortex of macaques. Brain Res 2019; 1714:52-64. [PMID: 30790559 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2019.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2018] [Revised: 02/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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We previously reported that mRNA encoding secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1), also known as osteopontin, is preferentially expressed in large neurons in layer V of the macaque motor cortex, most of which are presumed to be corticospinal tract neurons. As a first step to elucidating the cellular function of SPP1 in macaque neurons, we examined the localization of SPP1 in the primary motor cortex (M1) of the macaque by using immunohistochemistry. SPP1 immunoreactivity was found to be localized in the cell bodies of neurons, but not outside the cells, indicating that SPP1 was not secreted from these neurons. The results of electron microscope analysis and double-labeling analysis with marker proteins suggested that SPP1 was localized in the mitochondria of neurons. The distributions of SPP1 in the neurons corresponded to those of integrin αV, a putative receptor for SPP1. The distribution of SPP1 was also investigated in macaques whose M1 had been lesioned. We found that SPP1 was secreted by proliferated microglia in the lesioned area. Double-labeling analysis indicated that SPP1 immunoreactivity in the microglia was colocalized with CD44, another putative receptor for SPP1. Success rates in the small-object-retrieval task were positively correlated with SPP1 immunoreactivity in the neurons in the perilesional area. SPP1 has multiple roles in the macaque motor cortex, and it may be a key protein during recovery of hand movement after brain damage.
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- Yoko Sugiyama
- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8574, Japan
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- Systems Neuroscience Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
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- Division of Biology, Department of Liberal Education, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo 173-8610, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Tsukuba International University, Tsuchiura, Ibaraki 300-0051, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8574, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan.
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Resting-State Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Connectivity of the Brain Is Associated with Altered Sensorimotor Function in Patients with Cervical Spondylosis. World Neurosurg 2018; 119:e740-e749. [PMID: 30092474 DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.07.257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/28/2018] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between functional connectivity (FC) using resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and neurological impairment in patients with cervical spondylosis and healthy controls. METHODS A total of 24 patients with cervical spondylosis with or without myelopathy and 17 neurologically intact, healthy volunteer subjects were prospectively enrolled in a cross-sectional study involving observational MRI and evaluation of neurological function using the modified Japanese Orthopedic Association (mJOA) score. Seed-to-seed connectivity and seed-to-voxel connectivity on functional MRI data were performed using a general linear model of connectivity with respect to age and mJOA score. RESULTS Increased FC was observed with increasing neurological impairment in patients with cervical stenosis within sensorimotor areas, including precentral gyrus, postcentral gyrus, and supplemental motor regions, using both seed-to-seed and seed-to-voxel analyses. The anterior cingulate showed increasing connectivity with the supplemental motor area, thalamus, and cerebellum with increasing neurological function. Similarly, the thalamus, cerebellum, and putamen presented with increasing connectivity to both the bilateral precuneus and the posterior cingulate with an increasing mJOA score. CONCLUSIONS Patients with cervical spondylosis exhibiting neurological impairment experience changes in brain connectivity similar to that of patients with chronic traumatic spinal cord injury. These results suggest an increase in FC within sensorimotor regions with increasing neurological impairment and decreased connectivity between the cerebellum, putamen, and thalamus to the anterior and posterior cingulate and frontal lobe regions.
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Chao ZC, Sawada M, Isa T, Nishimura Y. Dynamic Reorganization of Motor Networks During Recovery from Partial Spinal Cord Injury in Monkeys. Cereb Cortex 2018; 29:3059-3073. [DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2018] [Revised: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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After spinal cord injury (SCI), the motor-related cortical areas can be a potential substrate for functional recovery in addition to the spinal cord. However, a dynamic description of how motor cortical circuits reorganize after SCI is lacking. Here, we captured the comprehensive dynamics of motor networks across SCI in a nonhuman primate model. Using electrocorticography over the sensorimotor areas in monkeys, we collected broadband neuronal signals during a reaching-and-grasping task at different stages of recovery of dexterous finger movements after a partial SCI at the cervical levels. We identified two distinct network dynamics: grasping-related intrahemispheric interactions from the contralesional premotor cortex (PM) to the contralesional primary motor cortex (M1) in the high-γ band (>70 Hz), and motor-preparation-related interhemispheric interactions from the contralesional to ipsilesional PM in the α and low-β bands (10–15 Hz). The strengths of these networks correlated to the time course of behavioral recovery. The grasping-related network showed enhanced activation immediately after the injury, but gradually returned to normal while the strength of the motor-preparation-related network gradually increased. Our findings suggest a cortical compensatory mechanism after SCI, where two interdependent motor networks redirect activity from the contralesional hemisphere to the other hemisphere to facilitate functional recovery.
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- Zenas C Chao
- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
- Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
- Human Brain Research Center, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Japan
- Neural Prosthesis Project, Department of Dementia and Higher Brain Function, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Yoshida Y, Isa T. Neural and genetic basis of dexterous hand movements. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2018; 52:25-32. [PMID: 29698882 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2018.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2018] [Revised: 03/11/2018] [Accepted: 04/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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An ability to control dexterous hand movements is considered to parallel the evolutionary development of the corticospinal tract and the appearance of direct connections between corticospinal neurons and motoneurons (the corticomotoneuronal (CM) pathway), which developed uniquely in higher primates. However, recent studies have revealed that some non-primate animal species have higher levels of dexterity than previously supposed, and in higher primates, various indirect non-CM descending pathways have been shown to participate in the control of dexterous movements. More recently, the CM pathway was shown to exist in rodents during early development, suggesting that rodents and primates diverged in their reliance on the CM pathway at some point in evolution, thus challenging the traditional view of the sequential development of hand control from rodents to primates.
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- Yutaka Yoshida
- Division of Developmental Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, United States
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- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Higo N, Sato A, Yamamoto T, Oishi T, Nishimura Y, Murata Y, Onoe H, Isa T, Kojima T. Comprehensive analysis of area‐specific and time‐dependent changes in gene expression in the motor cortex of macaque monkeys during recovery from spinal cord injury. J Comp Neurol 2018; 526:1110-1130. [DOI: 10.1002/cne.24396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2017] [Revised: 01/11/2018] [Accepted: 01/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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- Noriyuki Higo
- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO)Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Computational Systems Biology Research Group, Advanced Science Institute, RIKENYokohama Kanagawa Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
- Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medical and Health SciencesTsukuba International UniversityTsuchiura Ibaraki Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Systems Neuroscience SectionPrimate Research Institute, Kyoto University, KanrinInuyama Aichi Japan
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- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO)Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Department of Developmental PhysiologyNational Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural SciencesOkazaki Aichi Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)Hayama Kanagawa Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Division of Bio‐function Dynamics ImagingCenter for Life Science Technologies (CLST), RIKENKobe Hyogo Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Department of Developmental PhysiologyNational Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), National Institutes of Natural SciencesOkazaki Aichi Japan
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI)Hayama Kanagawa Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)Kawaguchi Saitama Japan
- Computational Systems Biology Research Group, Advanced Science Institute, RIKENYokohama Kanagawa Japan
- Health Care CenterToyohashi University of TechnologyToyohashi Aichi Japan
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Isa T. The Brain Is Needed to Cure Spinal Cord Injury. Trends Neurosci 2017; 40:625-636. [PMID: 28893422 DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Revised: 08/11/2017] [Accepted: 08/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Damage to corticospinal fibers in the cervical spinal cord is known to impair dexterous hand movements. However, accumulating evidence has shown that precision grip can recover considerably through rehabilitative training. Recent multidisciplinary studies have revealed that, at the spinal level, this recovery is possible due to an indirect neural pathway through propriospinal neurons (PNs), which relay cortical commands to hand motoneurons. Although this indirect spinal pathway is heavily involved in recovery, its role is dwarfed by a simultaneous large-scale network reorganization spanning motor-related cortices and mesolimbic structures. This large-scale network reorganization is key to the regulation of recovery and future therapeutic strategies will need to take into account the involvement of these supraspinal centers in addition to the known role of the spinal cord.
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- Tadashi Isa
- Department of Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Borra E, Gerbella M, Rozzi S, Luppino G. The macaque lateral grasping network: A neural substrate for generating purposeful hand actions. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2017; 75:65-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2017.01.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2016] [Revised: 12/22/2016] [Accepted: 01/12/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Contribution of propriospinal neurons to recovery of hand dexterity after corticospinal tract lesions in monkeys. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:604-609. [PMID: 28049844 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1610787114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The direct cortico-motoneuronal connection is believed to be essential for the control of dexterous hand movements, such as precision grip in primates. It was reported, however, that even after lesion of the corticospinal tract (CST) at the C4-C5 segment, precision grip largely recovered within 1-3 mo, suggesting that the recovery depends on transmission through intercalated neurons rostral to the lesion, such as the propriospinal neurons (PNs) in the midcervical segments. To obtain direct evidence for the contribution of PNs to recovery after CST lesion, we applied a pathway-selective and reversible blocking method using double viral vectors to the PNs in six monkeys after CST lesions at C4-C5. In four monkeys that showed nearly full or partial recovery, transient blockade of PN transmission after recovery caused partial impairment of precision grip. In the other two monkeys, CST lesions were made under continuous blockade of PN transmission that outlasted the entire period of postoperative observation (3-4.5 mo). In these monkeys, precision grip recovery was not achieved. These results provide evidence for causal contribution of the PNs to recovery of hand dexterity after CST lesions; PN transmission is necessary for promoting the initial stage recovery; however, their contribution is only partial once the recovery is achieved.
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He W, Cui L, Zhang C, Zhang X, He J, Xie Y, Chen Y. Sonic hedgehog promotes neurite outgrowth of cortical neurons under oxidative stress: Involving of mitochondria and energy metabolism. Exp Cell Res 2017; 350:83-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2016.11.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 11/06/2016] [Accepted: 11/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Murata Y, Higo N. Development and Characterization of a Macaque Model of Focal Internal Capsular Infarcts. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0154752. [PMID: 27149111 PMCID: PMC4858287 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154752] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2015] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Several studies have used macaque monkeys with lesions induced in the primary motor cortex (M1) to investigate the recovery of motor function after brain damage. However, in human stroke patients, the severity and outcome of motor impairments depend on the degree of damage to the white matter, especially that in the posterior internal capsule, which carries corticospinal tracts. To bridge the gap between results obtained in M1-lesioned macaques and the development of clinical intervention strategies, we established a method of inducing focal infarcts at the posterior internal capsule of macaque monkeys by injecting endothelin-1 (ET-1), a vasoconstrictor peptide. The infarcts expanded between 3 days and 1 week after ET-1 injection. The infarct volume in each macaque was negatively correlated with precision grip performance 3 days and 1 week after injection, suggesting that the degree of infarct expansion may have been a cause of the impairment in hand movements during the early stage. Although the infarct volume decreased and gross movement improved, impairment of dexterous hand movements remained until the end of the behavioral and imaging experiments at 3 months after ET-1 injection. A decrease in the abundance of large neurons in M1, from which the descending motor tracts originate, was associated with this later-stage impairment. The present model is useful not only for studying neurological changes underlying deficits and recovery but also for testing therapeutic interventions after white matter infarcts in primates.
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- Yumi Murata
- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Kondo T, Yoshihara Y, Yoshino-Saito K, Sekiguchi T, Kosugi A, Miyazaki Y, Nishimura Y, Okano HJ, Nakamura M, Okano H, Isa T, Ushiba J. Histological and electrophysiological analysis of the corticospinal pathway to forelimb motoneurons in common marmosets. Neurosci Res 2015; 98:35-44. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.05.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2015] [Revised: 05/07/2015] [Accepted: 05/08/2015] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Murata Y, Higo N, Oishi T, Isa T. Increased expression of the growth-associated protein-43 gene after primary motor cortex lesion in macaque monkeys. Neurosci Res 2015; 98:64-9. [PMID: 25959053 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2015.04.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Revised: 03/25/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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We recently showed that changes of brain activity in the ipsilesional ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and perilesional primary motor cortex (M1) of macaque monkeys were responsible for recovery of manual dexterity after lesioning M1. To investigate whether axonal remodeling is associated with M1 lesion-induced changes in brain activity, we assessed gene expression of growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) in motor and premotor cortices. Increased expression was observed in the PMv during the period just after recovery and in the perilesional M1 during the plateau phase of recovery. Time-dependent and brain region-specific remodeling may play a role in functional recovery after lesioning M1.
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- Yumi Murata
- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan
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- Human Informatics Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Umezono, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8568, Japan; Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan; Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS), Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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Temporal plasticity involved in recovery from manual dexterity deficit after motor cortex lesion in macaque monkeys. J Neurosci 2015; 35:84-95. [PMID: 25568105 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1737-14.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The question of how intensive motor training restores motor function after brain damage or stroke remains unresolved. Here we show that the ipsilesional ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and perilesional primary motor cortex (M1) of rhesus macaque monkeys are involved in the recovery of manual dexterity after a lesion of M1. A focal lesion of the hand digit area in M1 was made by means of ibotenic acid injection. This lesion initially caused flaccid paralysis in the contralateral hand but was followed by functional recovery of hand movements, including precision grip, during the course of daily postlesion motor training. Brain imaging of regional cerebral blood flow by means of H2 (15)O-positron emission tomography revealed enhanced activity of the PMv during the early postrecovery period and increased functional connectivity within M1 during the late postrecovery period. The causal role of these areas in motor recovery was confirmed by means of pharmacological inactivation by muscimol during the different recovery periods. These findings indicate that, in both the remaining primary motor and premotor cortical areas, time-dependent plastic changes in neural activity and connectivity are involved in functional recovery from the motor deficit caused by the M1 lesion. Therefore, it is likely that the PMv, an area distant from the core of the lesion, plays an important role during the early postrecovery period, whereas the perilesional M1 contributes to functional recovery especially during the late postrecovery period.
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Isa T, Nishimura Y. Plasticity for recovery after partial spinal cord injury – hierarchical organization. Neurosci Res 2015; 78:3-8. [PMID: 24512702 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2013] [Revised: 10/08/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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To cure the impaired physiological functions after the spinal cord injury, not only development of molecular therapies for axonal regeneration, but also that of therapeutic strategies to induce appropriate rewiring of neural circuits should be necessary. For this purpose, understanding the plastic changes in the central nervous system during spontaneous recovery following the injury would be helpful. In this article, a series of studies conducted in the authors’ laboratory on the reorganization of neural networks in the partial spinal cord injury model using macaque monkeys are reviewed. In this model, after selective lesion of the lateral corticospinal tract at the fifth cervical segment, dexterous digit movements are once impaired, but recover through rehabilitative training in a few weeks to a few months. During the recovery, synaptic transmission and organization of the neural circuits exhibit drastic changes depending on the time after the injury, not only in the spinal cord, but also in hierarchically higher order structures such as motor-related cortical areas and even in limbic structures. It is suggested that on top of the molecular therapies, neurorehabilitative and neuromodulatory therapies targeting such higher order structures should be helpful in inducing appropriate rewiring of the neural circuits.
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Moxon KA, Oliviero A, Aguilar J, Foffani G. Cortical reorganization after spinal cord injury: always for good? Neuroscience 2014; 283:78-94. [PMID: 24997269 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.06.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2014] [Revised: 06/09/2014] [Accepted: 06/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Plasticity constitutes the basis of behavioral changes as a result of experience. It refers to neural network shaping and re-shaping at the global level and to synaptic contacts remodeling at the local level, either during learning or memory encoding, or as a result of acute or chronic pathological conditions. 'Plastic' brain reorganization after central nervous system lesions has a pivotal role in the recovery and rehabilitation of sensory and motor dysfunction, but can also be "maladaptive". Moreover, it is clear that brain reorganization is not a "static" phenomenon but rather a very dynamic process. Spinal cord injury immediately initiates a change in brain state and starts cortical reorganization. In the long term, the impact of injury - with or without accompanying therapy - on the brain is a complex balance between supraspinal reorganization and spinal recovery. The degree of cortical reorganization after spinal cord injury is highly variable, and can range from no reorganization (i.e. "silencing") to massive cortical remapping. This variability critically depends on the species, the age of the animal when the injury occurs, the time after the injury has occurred, and the behavioral activity and possible therapy regimes after the injury. We will briefly discuss these dependencies, trying to highlight their translational value. Overall, it is not only necessary to better understand how the brain can reorganize after injury with or without therapy, it is also necessary to clarify when and why brain reorganization can be either "good" or "bad" in terms of its clinical consequences. This information is critical in order to develop and optimize cost-effective therapies to maximize functional recovery while minimizing maladaptive states after spinal cord injury.
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- K A Moxon
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain
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- Hospital Nacional de Parapléjicos, SESCAM, Finca la Peraleda s/n, 45071 Toledo, Spain.
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Effects of rehabilitative training on recovery of hand motor function: A review of animal studies. Neurosci Res 2014; 78:9-15. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2013] [Revised: 09/03/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Takenobu Y, Hayashi T, Moriwaki H, Nagatsuka K, Naritomi H, Fukuyama H. Motor recovery and microstructural change in rubro-spinal tract in subcortical stroke. Neuroimage Clin 2013; 4:201-8. [PMID: 24432247 PMCID: PMC3891492 DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2013.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2013] [Revised: 12/02/2013] [Accepted: 12/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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The mechanism of motor recovery after stroke may involve reorganization of the surviving networks. However, details of adaptive changes in structural connectivity are not well understood. Here, we show long-term changes in white matter microstructure that relate to motor recovery in stroke patients. We studied ten subcortical ischemic stroke patients who showed motor hemiparesis at the initial clinical examination and an infarcted lesion centered in the posterior limb of internal capsule of the unilateral hemisphere at the initial diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging scan. The participants underwent serial diffusion tensor imaging and motor function assessments at three consecutive time points; within 2 weeks, and at 1 and 3 months after the onset. Fractional anisotropy (FA) was analyzed for regional differences between hemispheres and time points, as well as for correlation with motor recovery using a tract-based spatial statistics analysis. The results showed significantly increased FA in the red nucleus and dorsal pons in the ipsi-lesional side at 3 months, and significantly decreased FA in the ipsi-lesional internal capsule at all time points, and in the cerebral peduncle, corona radiata, and corpus callosum at 3 months. In the correlation analysis, FA values of clusters in the red nucleus, dorsal pons, midbody of corpus callosum, and cingulum were positively correlated with recovery of motor function. Our study suggests that changes in white matter microstructure in alternative descending motor tracts including the rubro-spinal pathway, and interhemispheric callosal connections may play a key role in compensating for motor impairment after subcortical stroke.
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Key Words
- CC, Corpus callosum
- CP, Cerebral peduncle
- CR, Corona radiata
- DTI, Diffusion tensor imaging
- Diffusion tensor image
- EPT, Extrapyramidal tract
- FA, Fractional Anisotropy
- FMMS, Fugl-Meyer Motor Scale
- Motor recovery
- PLIC, Posterior limb of internal capsule
- PT, Pyramidal tract
- Reorganization
- Subcortical stroke
- TBSS, Tract-based spatial statistics
- Tract-based spatial statistics
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- Yohei Takenobu
- Division of Neurology, Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
- Functional Architecture Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Kobe, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
- Department of Neurology, Kansai Rosai Hospital, Hyogo, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan
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- Human Brain Research Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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Isa T, Kinoshita M, Nishimura Y. Role of Direct vs. Indirect Pathways from the Motor Cortex to Spinal Motoneurons in the Control of Hand Dexterity. Front Neurol 2013; 4:191. [PMID: 24312077 PMCID: PMC3833094 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2013.00191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2013] [Accepted: 11/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Evolutionally, development of the direct connection from the motor cortex to spinal motoneurons [corticomotoneuronal (CM) pathway] parallels the ability of hand dexterity. Damage to the corticofugal fibers in higher primates resulted in deficit of fractionated digit movements. Based on such observations, it was generally believed that the CM pathway plays a critical role in the control of hand dexterity. On the other hand, a number of "phylogenetically older" indirect pathways from the motor cortex to motoneurons still exist in primates. The indirect pathways are mediated by intercalated neurons such as segmental interneurons (sINs), propriospinal neurons (PNs) reticulospinal neurons (RSNs), or rubrospinal neurons (RuSNs). However, their contribution to hand dexterity remains elusive. Lesion of the brainstem pyramid sparing the transmission through the RuSNs and RSNs, resulted in permanent deficit of fractionated digit movements in macaque monkeys. On the other hand, in our recent study, after lesion of the dorsolateral funiculus (DLF) at the C5 segment, which removed the lateral corticospinal tract (l-CST) including the CM pathway and the transmission through sINs and RuSNs but spared the processing through the PNs and RSNs, fractionated digit movements recovered within several weeks. These results suggest that the PNs can be involved in the recovery of fractionated digit movements, but the RSNs and RuSNs have less capacity in this regard. However, on closer inspection, it was found that the activation pattern of hand and arm muscles considerably changed after the C5 lesion, suggesting limitation of PNs for the compensation of hand dexterity. Altogether, it is suggested that PNs, RSNs RuSNs, and the CM pathway (plus sINs) make a different contribution to the hand dexterity and appearance of motor deficit of the hand dexterity caused by damage to the corticofugal fibers and potential of recovery varies depending on the rostrocaudal level of the lesion.
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- Tadashi Isa
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences , Okazaki , Japan ; Department of Life Sciences, Graduate University for Advanced Studies (SOKENDAI) , Hayama , Japan
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Imura T, Matsumoto M, Fukazawa T, Khalesi E, Sun Y, Takeda M, Uwatoko H, Nakata K, Tanimoto K, Kajiume T, Kawahara Y, Yuge L. Interactive effects of cell therapy and rehabilitation realize the full potential of neurogenesis in brain injury model. Neurosci Lett 2013; 555:73-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.09.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2013] [Revised: 08/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/05/2013] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Sugiyama Y, Higo N, Yoshino-Saito K, Murata Y, Nishimura Y, Oishi T, Isa T. Effects of early versus late rehabilitative training on manual dexterity after corticospinal tract lesion in macaque monkeys. J Neurophysiol 2013; 109:2853-65. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.00814.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Dexterous hand movements can be restored with motor rehabilitative training after a lesion of the lateral corticospinal tract (l-CST) in macaque monkeys. To maximize effectiveness, the optimal time to commence such rehabilitative training must be determined. We conducted behavioral analyses and compared the recovery of dexterous hand movements between monkeys in which hand motor training was initiated immediately after the l-CST lesion (early-trained monkeys) and those in which training was initiated 1 mo after the lesion (late-trained monkeys). The performance of dexterous hand movements was evaluated by food retrieval tasks. In early-trained monkeys, performance evaluated by the success rate in a vertical slit task (retrieval of a small piece of food through a narrow vertical slit) recovered to the level of intact monkeys during the first 1–2 mo after the lesion. In late-trained monkeys, the task success rate averaged ∼30% even after 3 mo of rehabilitative training. We also evaluated hand performance with the Klüver board task, in which monkeys retrieved small spherical food pellets from cylindrical wells. Although the success rate of the Klüver board task did not differ between early- and late-trained monkeys, kinematic movement analysis showed that there was a difference between the groups: late-trained monkeys with an improved success rate frequently used alternate movement strategies that were different from those used before the lesion. These results suggest that early rehabilitative training after a spinal cord lesion positively influences subsequent functional recovery.
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- Yoko Sugiyama
- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan; and
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ibaraki, Japan
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- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan; and
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
- Systems Neuroscience Section, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Aichi, Japan; and
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Yamamoto T, Oishi T, Higo N, Murayama S, Sato A, Takashima I, Sugiyama Y, Nishimura Y, Murata Y, Yoshino-Saito K, Isa T, Kojima T. Differential expression of secreted phosphoprotein 1 in the motor cortex among primate species and during postnatal development and functional recovery. PLoS One 2013; 8:e65701. [PMID: 23741508 PMCID: PMC3669139 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2013] [Accepted: 04/26/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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We previously reported that secreted phosphoprotein 1 (SPP1) mRNA is expressed in neurons whose axons form the corticospinal tract (CST) of the rhesus macaque, but not in the corresponding neurons of the marmoset and rat. This suggests that SPP1 expression is involved in the functional or structural specialization of highly developed corticospinal systems in certain primate species. To further examine this hypothesis, we evaluated the expression of SPP1 mRNA in the motor cortex from three viewpoints: species differences, postnatal development, and functional/structural changes of the CST after a lesion of the lateral CST (l-CST) at the mid-cervical level. The density of SPP1-positive neurons in layer V of the primary motor cortex (M1) was much greater in species with highly developed corticospinal systems (i.e., rhesus macaque, capuchin monkey, and humans) than in those with less developed corticospinal systems (i.e., squirrel monkey, marmoset, and rat). SPP1-positive neurons in the macaque monkey M1 increased logarithmically in layer V during postnatal development, following a time course consistent with the increase in conduction velocity of the CST. After an l-CST lesion, SPP1-positive neurons increased in layer V of the ventral premotor cortex, in which compensatory changes in CST function/structure may occur, which positively correlated with the extent of finger dexterity recovery. These results further support the concept that the expression of SPP1 may reflect functional or structural specialization of highly developed corticospinal systems in certain primate species.
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- Tatsuya Yamamoto
- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama, Aichi, Japan
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Neuropathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Computational Systems Biology Research Group, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
- Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Human Technology Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki, Aichi, Japan
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- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology (CREST), Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, Japan
- Computational Systems Biology Research Group, Advanced Science Institute, RIKEN, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Research Equipment Center, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
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Nardone R, Höller Y, Brigo F, Seidl M, Christova M, Bergmann J, Golaszewski S, Trinka E. Functional brain reorganization after spinal cord injury: Systematic review of animal and human studies. Brain Res 2013; 1504:58-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.12.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2012] [Revised: 11/26/2012] [Accepted: 12/24/2012] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bock P, Spitzbarth I, Haist V, Stein VM, Tipold A, Puff C, Beineke A, Baumgärtner W. Spatio-temporal development of axonopathy in canine intervertebral disc disease as a translational large animal model for nonexperimental spinal cord injury. Brain Pathol 2012; 23:82-99. [PMID: 22805224 DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00617.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Accepted: 07/08/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Spinal cord injury (SCI) represents a devastating central nervous system disease that still lacks sufficient therapies. Here, dogs are increasingly recognized as a preclinical animal model for the development of future therapies. The aim of this study was a detailed characterization of axonopathy in canine intervertebral disc disease, which produces a mixed contusive and compressive injury and functions as a spontaneous translational animal model for human SCI. The results revealed an early occurrence of ultrastructurally distinct axonal swelling. Immunohistochemically, enhanced axonal expression of β-amyloid precursor protein, non-phosphorylated neurofilament (n-NF) and growth-associated protein-43 was detected in the epicenter during acute canine SCI. Indicative of a progressive axonopathy, these changes showed a cranial and caudally accentuated spatial progression in the subacute disease phase. In canine spinal cord slice cultures, immunoreactivity of axons was confined to n-NF. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction of naturally traumatized tissue and slice cultures revealed a temporally distinct dysregulation of the matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-2 and MMP-9 with a dominating expression of the latter. Contrasting to early axonopathy, diminished myelin basic protein immunoreactivity and phagocytosis were delayed. The results present a basis for assessing new therapies in the canine animal model for translational research that might allow partial extrapolation to human SCI.
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- Patricia Bock
- Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany
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Nishimura Y, Isa T. Cortical and subcortical compensatory mechanisms after spinal cord injury in monkeys. Exp Neurol 2012; 235:152-61. [DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2011.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2010] [Revised: 07/27/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Nielson JL, Strong MK, Steward O. A reassessment of whether cortical motor neurons die following spinal cord injury. J Comp Neurol 2011; 519:2852-69. [PMID: 21618218 PMCID: PMC3916191 DOI: 10.1002/cne.22661] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Over the past century, the question of whether the cells of origin of the corticospinal tract (CST) die following spinal cord injury (SCI) has been debated. A recent study reported an approximately 20% loss of retrogradely labeled cortical motoneurons following damage to their axons resulting from SCI at T9 (Hains et al. [2003] J. Comp. Neurol. 462:328-341). In follow-up studies, however, we failed to find any evidence of loss of CST axons in the medullary pyramid, which must occur if CST neurons die. Here, we seek to resolve the discrepancy by re-evaluating possible loss of CST neurons using the same techniques as Hains et al. (quantitative analysis of retrograde labeling and staining for cell death markers including TUNEL and Hoechst labeling of the nuclei). Following either dorsal funiculus lesions at thoracic level 9 (T9) or lateral hemisection at cervical level 5 (C5), our results reveal no evidence for a loss of retrogradely labeled neurons and no evidence for TUNEL staining of axotomized cortical motoneurons. These results indicate that CST cell bodies do not undergo retrograde cell death following SCI, and therefore targeting such cell death is not a valid therapeutic target.
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- Jessica L. Nielson
- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
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- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
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- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
- Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
- Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California 92697
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Neural substrates for the motivational regulation of motor recovery after spinal-cord injury. PLoS One 2011; 6:e24854. [PMID: 21969864 PMCID: PMC3182173 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024854] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2011] [Accepted: 08/22/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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It is believed that depression impedes and motivation enhances functional recovery after neuronal damage such as spinal-cord injury and stroke. However, the neuronal substrate underlying such psychological effects on functional recovery remains unclear. A longitudinal study of brain activation in the non-human primate model of partial spinal-cord injury using positron emission tomography (PET) revealed a contribution of the primary motor cortex (M1) to the recovery of finger dexterity through the rehabilitative training. Here, we show that activity of the ventral striatum, including the nucleus accumbens (NAc), which plays a critical role in processing of motivation, increased and its functional connectivity with M1 emerged and was progressively strengthened during the recovery. In addition, functional connectivities among M1, the ventral striatum and other structures belonging to neural circuits for processing motivation, such as the orbitofrontal cortex, anterior cingulate cortex and pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus were also strengthened during the recovery. These results give clues to the neuronal substrate for motivational regulation of motor learning required for functional recovery after spinal-cord injury.
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Growth-associated protein-43 and ephrin B3 induction in the brain of adult SIV-infected rhesus macaques. J Neurovirol 2011; 17:455-68. [PMID: 21789725 DOI: 10.1007/s13365-011-0047-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2010] [Revised: 06/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Understanding the mechanisms of neuronal regeneration and repair in the adult central nervous system is a vital area of research. Using a rhesus lentiviral encephalitis model, we sought to determine whether recovery of neuronal metabolism after injury coincides with the induction of two important markers of synaptodendritic repair: growth-associated protein-43 (GAP-43) and ephrin B3. We examined whether the improvement of neuronal metabolism with combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART) after simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) infection in rhesus macaques involved induction of GAP-43, also known as neuromodulin, and ephrin B3, both implicated in axonal pathfinding during neurodevelopment and regulation of synapse formation, neuronal plasticity, and repair in adult brain. We utilized magnetic resonance spectroscopy to demonstrate improved neuronal metabolism in vivo in adult SIV-infected cART animals compared to untreated and uninfected controls. We then assessed levels of GAP-43, ephrin B3, and synaptophysin, a pre-synaptic marker, in three brain regions important for cognitive function, cortex, hippocampus, and putamen, by quantitative real-time RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry. Here we demonstrate that (1) GAP-43 mRNA and protein are induced with SIV infection, (2) GAP-43 protein is higher in the hippocampus outer molecular layer in SIV-infected animals that received cART compared to those that did not, and (3) activated microglia and infiltrating SIV-infected macrophages express abundant ephrin B3, an important axonal guidance molecule. We propose a model whereby SIV infection triggers events that lead to induction of GAP-43 and ephrin B3, and that short-term cART results in increased magnitude of repair mechanisms especially in the hippocampus, a region known for high levels of adult plasticity.
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Archer T, Beninger RJ, Palomo T, Kostrzewa RM. Epigenetics and biomarkers in the staging of neuropsychiatric disorders. Neurotox Res 2010; 18:347-66. [PMID: 20237880 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-010-9163-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2010] [Revised: 01/29/2010] [Accepted: 02/18/2010] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Epigenetics, or alterations in the phenotype or gene expression due to mechanisms other than changes in the underlying DNA sequence, reflects the sensitivity and responsiveness of human and animal brains in constantly varying circumstances regulating gene expression profiles that define the biomarkers and present the ultimate phenotypical outcomes, such as cognition and emotion. Epigenetics is associated with functionally relevant alterations to the genome in such a fashion that under the particular conditions of early, adolescent, and adult life, environmental signals may activate intracellular pathways that remodel the "epigenome," triggering changes in gene expression and neural function. Thus, genetic influences in neuropsychiatric disorders that are subject to clinical staging, epigenetics in schizophrenia, epigenetic considerations in the expression of sensorimotor gating resulting from disease conditions, biomarkers of drug use and addiction, current notions on the role of dopamine in schizophrenia spectrum disorders, and the discrete interactions of biomarkers in persistent memory were to greater or lesser extents reflected upon. The relative contributions of endophenotypes and epistasis for mediating epigenetic phenomena and the outcomes as observed in the analysis of biomarkers appear to offer a multitude of interactive combinations to further complicate the labyrinthine machinations of diagnosis, intervention, and prognosis.
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- Trevor Archer
- Department of Psychology, University of Gothenburg, Box 500, 405 30, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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Takahashi M, Vattanajun A, Umeda T, Isa K, Isa T. Large-scale reorganization of corticofugal fibers after neonatal hemidecortication for functional restoration of forelimb movements. Eur J Neurosci 2009; 30:1878-87. [PMID: 19895560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06989.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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As an experimental model to study the mechanism of large-scale network plasticity of the juvenile brain, functional compensation after neonatal brain damage was studied in rats that received unilateral decortication at postnatal day 5. These animals exhibited a marked ability in reaching and grasping movements in the contralesional side of the forelimb when tested at 10-14 weeks of age. Additional lesion of the sensorimotor cortex in the remaining contralesional hemisphere at this stage resulted in severe impairment of both forelimbs. It was suggested that the sensorimotor cortex on the contralesional side was controlling the movements of both forelimbs. Following the injection of an anterograde tracer into the remaining sensorimotor cortex, the corticofugal axons from the remaining sensorimotor cortex were found to issue aberrant projections to the contralateral red nucleus, contralateral superior colliculus, contralateral pontine nuclei, ipsilateral dorsal column nucleus and ipsilateral gray matter of the cervical spinal cord, all of which appeared to be necessary for the control of contralesional forelimb movements. These results suggest that the forelimb movements on the contralesional side were compensated by large-scale reorganization of the corticofugal axons from the remaining sensorimotor cortex.
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- Masahito Takahashi
- Department of Developmental Physiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, National Institutes of Natural Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan
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