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Kokkinos V, Chatzisotiriou A, Seimenis I. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Diffusion Tensor Imaging-Tractography in Resective Brain Surgery: Lesion Coverage Strategies and Patient Outcomes. Brain Sci 2023; 13:1574. [PMID: 38002534 PMCID: PMC10670090 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci13111574] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 11/04/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/26/2023] Open
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Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI)-tractography and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have dynamically entered the presurgical evaluation context of brain surgery during the past decades, providing novel perspectives in surgical planning and lesion access approaches. However, their application in the presurgical setting requires significant time and effort and increased costs, thereby raising questions regarding efficiency and best use. In this work, we set out to evaluate DTI-tractography and combined fMRI/DTI-tractography during intra-operative neuronavigation in resective brain surgery using lesion-related preoperative neurological deficit (PND) outcomes as metrics. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of 252 consecutive patients admitted for brain surgery. Standard anatomical neuroimaging protocols were performed in 127 patients, 69 patients had additional DTI-tractography, and 56 had combined DTI-tractography/fMRI. fMRI procedures involved language, motor, somatic sensory, sensorimotor and visual mapping. DTI-tractography involved fiber tracking of the motor, sensory, language and visual pathways. At 1 month postoperatively, DTI-tractography patients were more likely to present either improvement or preservation of PNDs (p = 0.004 and p = 0.007, respectively). At 6 months, combined DTI-tractography/fMRI patients were more likely to experience complete PND resolution (p < 0.001). Low-grade lesion patients (N = 102) with combined DTI-tractography/fMRI were more likely to experience complete resolution of PNDs at 1 and 6 months (p = 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). High-grade lesion patients (N = 140) with combined DTI-tractography/fMRI were more likely to have PNDs resolved at 6 months (p = 0.005). Patients with motor symptoms (N = 80) were more likely to experience complete remission of PNDs at 6 months with DTI-tractography or combined DTI-tractography/fMRI (p = 0.008 and p = 0.004, respectively), without significant difference between the two imaging protocols (p = 1). Patients with sensory symptoms (N = 44) were more likely to experience complete PND remission at 6 months with combined DTI-tractography/fMRI (p = 0.004). The intraoperative neuroimaging modality did not have a significant effect in patients with preoperative seizures (N = 47). Lack of PND worsening was observed at 6 month follow-up in patients with combined DTI-tractography/fMRI. Our results strongly support the combined use of DTI-tractography and fMRI in patients undergoing resective brain surgery for improving their postoperative clinical profile.
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- Vasileios Kokkinos
- Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, 387479 Alexandroupolis, Greece;
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Schellekens W, Bakker C, Ramsey NF, Petridou N. Moving in on human motor cortex. Characterizing the relationship between body parts with non-rigid population response fields. PLoS Comput Biol 2022; 18:e1009955. [PMID: 35377877 PMCID: PMC9009778 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009955] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 04/14/2022] [Accepted: 02/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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For cortical motor activity, the relationships between different body part representations is unknown. Through reciprocal body part relationships, functionality of cortical motor areas with respect to whole body motor control can be characterized. In the current study, we investigate the relationship between body part representations within individual neuronal populations in motor cortices, following a 7 Tesla fMRI 18-body-part motor experiment in combination with our newly developed non-rigid population Response Field (pRF) model and graph theory. The non-rigid pRF metrics reveal somatotopic structures in all included motor cortices covering frontal, parietal, medial and insular cortices and that neuronal populations in primary sensorimotor cortex respond to fewer body parts than secondary motor cortices. Reciprocal body part relationships are estimated in terms of uniqueness, clique-formation, and influence. We report unique response profiles for the knee, a clique of body parts surrounding the ring finger, and a central role for the shoulder and wrist. These results reveal associations among body parts from the perspective of the central nervous system, while being in agreement with intuitive notions of body part usage.
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- Wouter Schellekens
- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
- Radiology department, Center for Image Sciences, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Radiology department, Center for Image Sciences, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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Vainio L, Vainio M, Lipsanen J, Ellis R. The Sound of Grasp Affordances: Influence of Grasp-Related Size of Categorized Objects on Vocalization. Cogn Sci 2019; 43:e12793. [PMID: 31621124 DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Previous research shows that simultaneously executed grasp and vocalization responses are faster when the precision grip is performed with the vowel [i] and the power grip is performed with the vowel [ɑ]. Research also shows that observing an object that is graspable with a precision or power grip can activate the grip congruent with the object. Given the connection between vowel articulation and grasping, this study explores whether grasp-related size of observed objects can influence not only grasp responses but also vowel pronunciation. The participants had to categorize small and large objects into natural and manufactured categories by pronouncing the vowel [i] or [ɑ]. As predicted, [i] was produced faster when the object's grasp-related size was congruent with the precision grip while [ɑ] was produced faster when the size was congruent with the power grip (Experiment 1). The effect was not, however, observed when the participants were presented with large objects that are not typically grasped by the power grip (Experiment 2). This study demonstrates that vowel production is systematically influenced by grasp-related size of a viewed object, supporting the account that sensory-motor processes related to grasp planning and representing grasp-related properties of viewed objects interact with articulation processes. The paper discusses these findings in the context of size-sound symbolism, suggesting that mechanisms that transform size-grasp affordances into corresponding grasp- and articulation-related motor programs might provide a neural basis for size-sound phenomena that links small objects with closed-front vowels and large objects with open-back vowels.
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- Lari Vainio
- Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki.,Perception, Action & Cognition Research Group, Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki.,Phonetics and Speech Synthesis Research Group, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki
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- Phonetics and Speech Synthesis Research Group, Department of Digital Humanities, University of Helsinki
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- Department of Psychology and Logopedics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki
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- School of Psychology, University of Plymouth
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Wesley MJ, Bickel WK. Remember the future II: meta-analyses and functional overlap of working memory and delay discounting. Biol Psychiatry 2014; 75:435-48. [PMID: 24041504 PMCID: PMC3943930 DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2013.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2012] [Revised: 07/03/2013] [Accepted: 08/05/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Previously we showed that working memory training decreased the discounting of future rewards in stimulant addicts without affecting a go/no-go task. While a relationship between delay discounting and working memory is consistent with other studies, the unique brain regions of plausible causality between these two abilities have yet to be determined. Activation likelihood estimation meta-analyses were performed on foci from studies of delay discounting (DD = 449), working memory (WM = 452), finger tapping (finger tapping = 450), and response inhibition (RI = 450). Activity maps from relatively less (finger tapping) and more (RI) demanding executive tasks were contrasted with maps of DD and WM. Overlap analysis identified unique functional coincidence between DD and WM. The anterior cingulate cortex was engaged by all tasks. Finger tapping largely engaged motor-related brain areas. In addition to motor-related areas, RI engaged frontal brain regions. The right lateral prefrontal cortex was engaged by RI, DD, and WM and was contrasted out of overlap maps. A functional cluster in the posterior portion of the left lateral prefrontal cortex emerged as the largest location of unique overlap between DD and WM. A portion of the left lateral prefrontal cortex is a unique location where delay discounting and working memory processes overlap in the brain. This area, therefore, represents a therapeutic target for improving behaviors that rely on the integration of the recent past with the foreseeable future.
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- Michael J. Wesley
- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA,Addiction Recovery Research Center,Human Neuroimaging Laboratory
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- Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA,Addiction Recovery Research Center
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McKay DR, Kochunov P, Cykowski MD, Kent JW, Laird AR, Lancaster JL, Blangero J, Glahn DC, Fox PT. Sulcal depth-position profile is a genetically mediated neuroscientific trait: description and characterization in the central sulcus. J Neurosci 2013; 33:15618-25. [PMID: 24068828 PMCID: PMC3782630 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1616-13.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2013] [Revised: 07/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/27/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Genetic and environmental influences on brain morphology were assessed in an extended-pedigree design by extracting depth-position profiles (DPP) of the central sulcus (CS). T1-weighted magnetic resonance images were used to measure CS length and depth in 467 human subjects from 35 extended families. Three primary forms of DPPs were observed. The most prevalent form, present in 70% of subjects, was bimodal, with peaks near hand and mouth regions. Trimodal and unimodal configurations accounted for 15 and 8%, respectively. Genetic control accounted for 56 and 66% of between-subject variance in average CS depth and length, respectively, and was not significantly influenced by environmental factors. Genetic control over CS depth ranged from 1 to 50% across the DPP. Areas of peak heritability occurred at locations corresponding to hand and mouth areas. Left and right analogous CS depth measurements were strongly pleiotropic. Shared genetic influence lessened as the distance between depth measurements was increased. We argue that DPPs are powerful phenotypes that should inform genetic influence of more complex brain regions and contribute to gene discovery efforts.
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- D. Reese McKay
- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229
- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
- Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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- Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
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- Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78245
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- Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73104
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- Department of Physics, Florida International University, Miami, Florida 33199, and
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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- Department of Genetics, Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas 78245
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- Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06511
- Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut 06106
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- Research Imaging Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229
- South Texas Veterans Health System, San Antonio, Texas 78229
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Effects of patellar taping on brain activity during knee joint proprioception tests using functional magnetic resonance imaging. Phys Ther 2012; 92:821-30. [PMID: 22282771 PMCID: PMC3367140 DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20110209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Patellar taping is a common treatment modality for physical therapists managing patellofemoral pain. However, the mechanisms of action remain unclear, with much debate as to whether its efficacy is due to a change in patellar alignment or an alteration in sensory input. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to investigate the sensory input hypothesis using functional magnetic resonance imaging when taping was applied to the knee joint during a proprioception task. DESIGN This was an observational study with patellar taping intervention. METHODS Eight male volunteers who were healthy and right-leg dominant participated in a motor block design study. Each participant performed 2 right knee extension repetitive movement tasks: one simple and one proprioceptive. These tasks were performed with and without patellar taping and were auditorally paced for 400 seconds at 72 beats/min (1.2 Hz). RESULTS The proprioception task without patellar taping caused a positive blood oxygenation level-dependant (BOLD) response bilaterally in the medial supplementary motor area, the cingulate motor area, the basal ganglion, and the thalamus and medial primary sensory motor cortex. For the proprioception task with patellar taping, there was a decreased BOLD response in these regions. In the lateral primary sensory cortex, there was a negative BOLD response with less activity for the proprioception task with taping. Limitations This study may have been limited by the small sample size, a possible learning effect due to a nonrandom order of tasks, and use of a single-joint knee extension task. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that patellar taping modulates brain activity in several areas of the brain during a proprioception knee movement task.
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Wolynski B, Kanowski M, Meltendorf S, Behrens-Baumann W, Hoffmann MB. Self-organisation in the human visual system--visuo-motor processing with congenitally abnormal V1 input. Neuropsychologia 2010; 48:3834-45. [PMID: 20863844 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2010] [Revised: 08/23/2010] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Due to an abnormal projection of the temporal retina the albinotic primary visual cortex receives substantial input from the ipsilateral visual field. To test whether representation abnormalities are also evident in higher tier visual, and in motor and somatosensory cortices, brain activity was measured with fMRI in 14 subjects with albinism performing a visuo-motor task. During central fixation, a blue or red target embedded in a distractor array was presented for 250 ms in the left or right visual hemifield. After a delay, the subjects were prompted to indicate with left or right thumb button presses the target presence in the upper or lower hemifield. The fMRI responses were evaluated for different regions of interest concerned with visual, motor and somatosensory processing and compared to previously acquired data from 14 controls. The following results were obtained: (1) in albinism the hit rates in the visuo-motor task were indistinguishable from normal. (2) In area MT and the intraparietal sulcus there was an indication of abnormal lateralisation patterns. (3) Largely normal lateralisation patterns were evident in motor and somatosensory cortices. It is concluded that in human albinism, the abnormal visual field representation is made available for visuo-motor processing with a motor cortex that comprises an essentially normal lateralisation. Consequently, specific adaptations of the mechanisms mediating visuo-motor integration are required in albinism.
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- Barbara Wolynski
- Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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Linortner P, Fazekas F, Schmidt R, Ropele S, Pendl B, Petrovic K, Loitfelder M, Neuper C, Enzinger C. White matter hyperintensities alter functional organization of the motor system. Neurobiol Aging 2010; 33:197.e1-9. [PMID: 20724032 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2010.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2010] [Revised: 06/06/2010] [Accepted: 06/09/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Severe white matter hyperintensities (WMH) represent cerebral small vessel disease and predict functional decline in the elderly. We used fMRI to test if severe WMH impact on functional brain network organization even before clinical dysfunction. Thirty healthy right-handed/footed subjects (mean age, 67.8 ± 7.5 years) underwent clinical testing, structural MRI and fMRI at 3.0T involving repetitive right ankle and finger movements. Data were compared between individuals with absent or punctuate (n = 17) and early confluent or confluent (n = 13) WMH. Both groups did not differ in mobility or cognition data. On fMRI, subjects with severe WMH demonstrated excess activation in the pre-supplementary motor area (SMA), frontal, and occipital regions. Activation differences were noted with ankle movements only. Pre-SMA activation correlated with frontal WMH load for ankle but not finger movements. With simple ankle movements and no behavioral deficits, elderly subjects with severe WMH demonstrated pre-SMA activation, usually noted with complex tasks, as a function of frontal WMH load. This suggests compensatory activation related to disturbance of frontosubcortical circuits.
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Takai O, Brown S, Liotti M. Representation of the speech effectors in the human motor cortex: somatotopy or overlap? BRAIN AND LANGUAGE 2010; 113:39-44. [PMID: 20171727 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2010.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 01/28/2010] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Somatotopy within the orofacial region of the human motor cortex has been a central concept in interpreting the results of neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation studies of normal and disordered speech. Yet, somatotopy has been challenged by studies showing overlap among the effectors within the homunculus. In order to address this dichotomy, we performed four voxel-based meta-analyses of 54 functional neuroimaging studies of non-speech tasks involving respiration, lip movement, tongue movement, and swallowing, respectively. While the centers of mass of the clusters supported the classic homuncular view of the motor cortex, there was significant variability in the locations of the activation-coordinates among studies, resulting in an overlapping arrangement. This "somatotopy with overlap" might reflect the intrinsic functional interconnectedness of the oral effectors for speech production.
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- Osamu Takai
- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada
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Brown S, Laird AR, Pfordresher PQ, Thelen SM, Turkeltaub P, Liotti M. The somatotopy of speech: phonation and articulation in the human motor cortex. Brain Cogn 2009; 70:31-41. [PMID: 19162389 PMCID: PMC2873785 DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2008] [Revised: 12/04/2008] [Accepted: 12/05/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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A sizable literature on the neuroimaging of speech production has reliably shown activations in the orofacial region of the primary motor cortex. These activations have invariably been interpreted as reflecting "mouth" functioning and thus articulation. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to compare an overt speech task with tongue movement, lip movement, and vowel phonation. The results showed that the strongest motor activation for speech was the somatotopic larynx area of the motor cortex, thus reflecting the significant contribution of phonation to speech production. In order to analyze further the phonatory component of speech, we performed a voxel-based meta-analysis of neuroimaging studies of syllable-singing (11 studies) and compared the results with a previously-published meta-analysis of oral reading (11 studies), showing again a strong overlap in the larynx motor area. Overall, these findings highlight the under-recognized presence of phonation in imaging studies of speech production, and support the role of the larynx motor cortex in mediating the "melodicity" of speech.
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- Steven Brown
- Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada.
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Wolynski B, Schott BH, Kanowski M, Hoffmann MB. Visuo-motor integration in humans: cortical patterns of response lateralisation and functional connectivity. Neuropsychologia 2009; 47:1313-22. [PMID: 19428395 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Revised: 01/15/2009] [Accepted: 01/17/2009] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE We assessed response and functional connectivity patterns of different parts of the visual and motor cortices during visuo-motor integration with particular focus on the intraparietal sulcus (IPS). METHODS Brain activity was measured during a visuo-motor task in 14 subjects using event-related fMRI. During central fixation, a blue or red target embedded in an array of grey distractors was presented for 250 ms in either the left or right visual hemifield. After a delay, the subjects were prompted to press the upper or lower response button for targets in the upper and lower hemifield with the left or right thumb for blue and red targets, respectively. The fMRI responses were evaluated for different regions of interests (ROIs), and the functional connectivity of the IPS subregions with these ROIs was quantified. RESULTS In an anterior IPS region and a region in the anterior premotor cortex, presumably the frontal eye fields (FEF), visually driven responses were dominant contralateral to both visual stimulus and effector. Thus, the anterior IPS combines, in contrast to the posterior IPS and the occipital cortex, response properties of cortex activated by visual input and by motor output. Further, functional connectivity with the motor areas was stronger for the anterior than for the posterior IPS regions. DISCUSSION Anterior IPS and FEF appear to be of major relevance for relating visual and effector information during visuo-motor integration. Patient studies with the devised paradigm are expected to uncover the impact of pathophysiologies and plasticity on the observed cortical lateralisation patterns.
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- Barbara Wolynski
- Visual Processing Laboratory, Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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Galazky I, Schütze H, Noesselt T, Hopf JM, Heinze HJ, Schoenfeld MA. Attention to somatosensory events is directly linked to the preparation for action. J Neurol Sci 2009; 279:93-8. [PMID: 19167729 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 12/01/2008] [Accepted: 12/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The present study investigated the neural basis of attention in the somato-sensory system. Subjects directed their attention towards their left or right hand while functional MRI data was collected during tactile stimulation of the fingers. Activations evoked by tactile stimuli when a stimulated hand was attended vs. unattended were contrasted. The tactile stimuli elicited hemodynamic responses in the contralateral primary and secondary somatosensory cortex. No attentional modulations of the BOLD-response could be observed in these regions. However, attention-related modulations were observed at more anterior locations in the ipsi- and contralateral primary motor cortex and in the supplementary motor area. This pattern of results suggests, that attention to somato-sensory events is directly linked to the motor system and the preparation for action. This mechanism appears to be in stark contrast to visual or auditory attention, which primarily serve to separate relevant from irrelevant information.
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- Imke Galazky
- Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany.
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Burman DD, Lie-Nemeth T, Brandfonbrener AG, Parisi T, Meyer JR. Altered Finger Representations in Sensorimotor Cortex of Musicians with Focal Dystonia: Precentral Cortex. Brain Imaging Behav 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s11682-008-9046-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Newton JM, Dong Y, Hidler J, Plummer-D'Amato P, Marehbian J, Albistegui-Dubois RM, Woods RP, Dobkin BH. Reliable assessment of lower limb motor representations with fMRI: use of a novel MR compatible device for real-time monitoring of ankle, knee and hip torques. Neuroimage 2008; 43:136-46. [PMID: 18675363 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2008.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2008] [Revised: 06/25/2008] [Accepted: 07/01/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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This study describes the use of a novel magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible system capable of measuring isometric ankle, knee and hip joint torques in real-time during functional MRI (fMRI) testing in healthy volunteers. The motor representations of three isometric torques--ankle dorsiflexion, ankle plantarflexion and knee extension--were studied at two time points. The reliability of motor performance and fMRI-derived measures of brain activity across sessions was examined. Reproducible motor performance was observed for each of the tasks; torques of the requested amplitude, assisted by visual feedback, were generated at the relevant joint with good accuracy, both within and across the two sessions. Significant blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) signal increases were observed in the left primary sensorimotor cortex (SM1) in the paracentral lobule and in secondary motor areas for all tasks. Within these areas there was substantial overlap of the motor representations though differential activation was observed in SM1, with greater activation of inferior paracentral lobule during knee extension than for either ankle task. Also, BOLD signal decreases were observed bilaterally within SM1 in the hand knob region for all tasks. No major session-related effects were identified at the group level. High intraclass correlation coefficients were observed for t-values of voxels in cortical motor areas for each contraction type for individuals, suggesting that fMRI-derived activity across time points was reliable. These findings support the use of this apparatus in serial studies of lower limb function.
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- Jennifer M Newton
- Department of Neurology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769, USA.
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Feigl GC, Safavi-Abbasi S, Gharabaghi A, Gonzalez-Felipe V, El Shawarby A, Freund HJ, Samii M. Real-time 3T fMRI data of brain tumour patients for intra-operative localization of primary motor areas. Eur J Surg Oncol 2008; 34:708-15. [PMID: 17904784 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2007.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2007] [Accepted: 06/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION In patients with tumours in or near the motor cortex reliable intra-operative identification of the precentral gyrus can be difficult due to anatomical dislocation. Maps of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) based on the blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) effect are used to localize eloquent functional areas of the brain but require postprocessing for reduction of false positive activations. We set the focus of this study on the evaluation of feasibility and clinical usefulness of using real-time fMRI t-maps without postprocessing for pre-operative planning and intra-operative localization of functional motor areas. METHODS Real-time fMRI t-maps from a 3-T MRI scanner were co-registered with MRI data. Ten patients were operated under general anaesthesia using 3D neuronavigation with integrated real-time fMRI t-maps. Surgical and functional outcome was compared to results of 12 patients who previously underwent wake surgeries. RESULTS Good neurological outcome was achieved in all treated patients. Main activation clusters on fMRI real-time maps were easily identified. Co-registered real-time fMRI data without additional postprocessing were useful in planning the surgical approach. However, due to brain shift and large voxel size of BOLD contrast signals on t-maps exact localization of borders between tumours and functional areas was not possible intra-operatively. CONCLUSION Our method is very simple to use and effective in guiding the neurosurgeon safely through minimally invasive craniotomies to tumours in eloquent areas without setting lesions to functional areas. Furthermore, the neurosurgeon is more independent when tumour location requires acquisition of fMRI data for pre-operative planning and intra-operative navigation.
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- G C Feigl
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93042 Regensburg, Germany.
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Humbert IA, Robbins J. Normal swallowing and functional magnetic resonance imaging: a systematic review. Dysphagia 2007; 22:266-75. [PMID: 17440775 PMCID: PMC2631032 DOI: 10.1007/s00455-007-9080-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2006] [Accepted: 01/29/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Unknowns about the neurophysiology of normal and disordered swallowing have stimulated exciting and important research questions. Previously, these questions were answered using clinical and animal studies. However, recent technologic advances have moved brain-imaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to the forefront of swallowing neurophysiology research. This systematic review has summarized the methods and results of studies of swallowing neurophysiology of healthy adults using fMRI. A comprehensive electronic and hand search for original research was conducted, including few search limitations to yield the maximum possible number of relevant studies. The participants, study design, tasks, and brain image acquisition were reviewed and the results indicate that the primary motor and sensory areas were most consistently active in the healthy adult participants across the relevant studies. Other prevalent areas of activation included the anterior cingulate cortex and insular cortex. Review limitations and suggested future directions are also discussed.
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- Ianessa A Humbert
- William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53705, USA.
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Kapreli E, Athanasopoulos S, Papathanasiou M, Van Hecke P, Keleki D, Peeters R, Strimpakos N, Sunaert S. Lower Limb Sensorimotor Network: Issues of Somatotopy and Overlap. Cortex 2007; 43:219-32. [PMID: 17405668 DOI: 10.1016/s0010-9452(08)70477-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used (1) to describe the pattern of whole brain activity during motion of isolated joints of the lower limb, (2) to examine the somatotopic organization of lower limb joint representations in the primary sensorimotor cortex and the anterior lobe of the cerebellum and 3) to quantify the degree of overlap between these lower limb joint activations. Eighteen healthy, right leg dominant volunteers participated in a motor block-design study, performing repetitive knee, ankle and toes flexion/extension movements. In order to relate lower limb joints activation to the well-described patterns of finger movement, serial finger-to-thumb opposition was also assessed. All movements were auditory paced at 72 beats/min (1.2 Hz). Isolated lower limb joints movement activated a distributed sensorimotor network, including primary and non-primary sensorimotor areas. Although a large overlap was evident in primary sensorimotor cortex (SM1) and cerebellum representations of the three lower limb joints, a somatotopic arrangement was recognizable with reference to center of mass coordinates of each individual joint in the above areas. Detection of active brain regions during movement of the lower limb joints is feasible with fMRI although a carefully optimized methodology protocol is required.
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- Eleni Kapreli
- Department of Sports Medicine and Biology of Exercise, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
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Kapreli E, Athanasopoulos S, Papathanasiou M, Van Hecke P, Strimpakos N, Gouliamos A, Peeters R, Sunaert S. Lateralization of brain activity during lower limb joints movement. An fMRI study. Neuroimage 2006; 32:1709-21. [PMID: 16859927 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.05.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2006] [Revised: 05/08/2006] [Accepted: 05/11/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Studies of unilateral finger movement in right-handed subjects have shown asymmetrical patterns of activation in primary motor cortex and subcortical regions. In order to investigate the existence of an analogous pattern during lower limb joints movements, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was used. Eighteen healthy, right leg dominant volunteers participated in a motor block design study, performing unilateral right and left repetitive knee, ankle and toes flexion/extension movements. Aiming to relate lower limb joints activation to the well-described patterns of finger movement, serial finger-to-thumb opposition was also assessed. All movements were auditory paced at 72 beats/min (1.2 Hz). Brain activation during movement of the nondominant joints was more bilateral than during the same movement performed with the dominant joints. Finger movement had a stronger lateralized pattern of activation in comparison with lower limb joints, implying a different functional specialization. Differences were also evident between the joints of the lower limb. Ankle and toes movements elicited the same extend of MR signal change in the majority of the examined brain regions, whereas knee joint movement was associated with a different pattern. Finally, lateralization index in primary sensorimotor cortex and basal ganglia was significantly affected by the main effect of dominance, whereas the lateralization index in cerebellum was significantly affected by the joint main effect, demonstrating a lateralization index increase from proximal to distal joints.
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- Eleni Kapreli
- Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, Laboratory of Sports Physiotherapy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals of K. U. Leuven, Belgium.
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Gazzola V, Aziz-Zadeh L, Keysers C. Empathy and the Somatotopic Auditory Mirror System in Humans. Curr Biol 2006; 16:1824-9. [PMID: 16979560 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.07.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 501] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2006] [Revised: 07/01/2006] [Accepted: 07/03/2006] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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How do we understand the actions of other individuals if we can only hear them? Auditory mirror neurons respond both while monkeys perform hand or mouth actions and while they listen to sounds of similar actions . This system might be critical for auditory action understanding and language evolution . Preliminary evidence suggests that a similar system may exist in humans . Using fMRI, we searched for brain areas that respond both during motor execution and when individuals listened to the sound of an action made by the same effector. We show that a left hemispheric temporo-parieto-premotor circuit is activated in both cases, providing evidence for a human auditory mirror system. In the left premotor cortex, a somatotopic pattern of activation was also observed: A dorsal cluster was more involved during listening and execution of hand actions, and a ventral cluster was more involved during listening and execution of mouth actions. Most of this system appears to be multimodal because it also responds to the sight of similar actions. Finally, individuals who scored higher on an empathy scale activated this system more strongly, adding evidence for a possible link between the motor mirror system and empathy.
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- Valeria Gazzola
- School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, NeuroImaging Center, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen 9713AW, The Netherlands
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Mayka MA, Corcos DM, Leurgans SE, Vaillancourt DE. Three-dimensional locations and boundaries of motor and premotor cortices as defined by functional brain imaging: a meta-analysis. Neuroimage 2006; 31:1453-74. [PMID: 16571375 PMCID: PMC2034289 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 516] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2005] [Revised: 01/31/2006] [Accepted: 02/03/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The mesial premotor cortex (pre-supplementary motor area and supplementary motor area proper), lateral premotor cortex (dorsal premotor cortex and ventral premotor cortex), and primary sensorimotor cortex (primary motor cortex and primary somatosensory cortex) have been identified as key cortical areas for sensorimotor function. However, the three-dimensional (3-D) anatomic boundaries between these regions remain unclear. In order to clarify the locations and boundaries for these six sensorimotor regions, we surveyed 126 articles describing pre-supplementary motor area, supplementary motor area proper, dorsal premotor cortex, ventral premotor cortex, primary motor cortex, and primary somatosensory cortex. Using strict inclusion criteria, we recorded the reported normalized stereotaxic coordinates (Talairach and Tournoux or MNI) from each experiment. We then computed the probability distributions describing the likelihood of activation, and characterized the shape, extent, and area of each sensorimotor region in 3-D. Additionally, we evaluated the nature of the overlap between the six sensorimotor regions. Using the findings from this meta-analysis, along with suggestions and guidelines of previous researchers, we developed the Human Motor Area Template (HMAT) that can be used for ROI analysis. HMAT is available through e-mail from the corresponding author.
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- Mary A Mayka
- Department of Movement Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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Eckert T, Peschel T, Heinze HJ, Rotte M. Increased pre–SMA activation in early PD patients during simple self–initiated hand movements. J Neurol 2005; 253:199-207. [PMID: 16222427 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0956-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2005] [Revised: 05/20/2005] [Accepted: 05/30/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The slowness of movement, termed bradykinesia, is one of the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). This symptom may be due to the inability of PD patients to maximise the speed of internally driven movements. The mesial premotor areas and in particular the pre-supplementary motor area (pre-SMA) seem to play a crucial role in the temporal initiation of movements in humans and animals. However, this activation seems to be debatable in imaging studies of PD patients. We performed a motor paradigm with temporally self-initiated movements in nine de novo PD patients before and after initiation of dopaminergic medication. The main finding was an increased activation of the pre-SMA in de novo PD patients compared with healthy age-matched control subjects. This result indicates the contribution of the pre-SMA in the temporal initiation of self-generated movements and in the disease pathology of PD. Increased bilateral activation of the superior cerebellum, mainly on the ipsilateral side, and a decreased activation of the ipsilateral inferior cerebellum in PD patients were also present. These findings provide new insights into the activation pattern of the cerebellum in PD patients.
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- T Eckert
- Dept. of Neurology II, University of Magdeburg, Germany.
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Brown MRG, DeSouza JFX, Goltz HC, Ford K, Menon RS, Goodale MA, Everling S. Comparison of Memory- and Visually Guided Saccades Using Event-Related fMRI. J Neurophysiol 2004; 91:873-89. [PMID: 14523078 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00382.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Previous functional imaging studies have shown an increased hemodynamic signal in several cortical areas when subjects perform memory-guided saccades than that when they perform visually guided saccades using blocked trial designs. It is unknown, however, whether this difference results from sensory processes associated with stimulus presentation, from processes occurring during the delay period before saccade generation, or from an increased motor signal for memory-guided saccades. We conducted fMRI using an event-related paradigm that separated stimulus-related, delay-related, and saccade-related activity. Subjects initially fixated a central cross, whose color indicated whether the trial was a memory- or a visually guided trial. A peripheral stimulus was then flashed at one of 4 possible locations. On memory-guided trials, subjects had to remember this location for the subsequent saccade, whereas the stimulus was a distractor on visually guided trials. Fixation cross disappearance after a delay period was the signal either to generate a memory-guided saccade or to look at a visual stimulus that was flashed on visually guided trials. We found slightly greater stimulus-related activation for visually guided trials in 3 right prefrontal regions and right rostral intraparietal sulcus (IPS). Memory-guided trials evoked greater delay-related activity in right posterior inferior frontal gyrus, right medial frontal eye field, bilateral supplementary eye field, right rostral IPS, and right ventral IPS but not in middle frontal gyrus. Right precentral gyrus and right rostral IPS exhibited greater saccade-related activation on memory-guided trials. We conclude that activation differences revealed by previous blocked experiments have different sources in different areas and that cortical saccade regions exhibit delay-related activation differences.
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- M R G Brown
- Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5C1
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Sahyoun C, Floyer-Lea A, Johansen-Berg H, Matthews PM. Towards an understanding of gait control: brain activation during the anticipation, preparation and execution of foot movements. Neuroimage 2004; 21:568-75. [PMID: 14980558 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2003.09.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2003] [Revised: 09/28/2003] [Accepted: 09/30/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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While a detailed understanding of brain activity with hand movements has developed, less is known about the functional anatomy of motor control for foot movements. Here we have used fMRI to define brain activity associated with unilateral foot extension and flexion, component movements of gait. We studied brain responses to visually cued active and passive movements and periods of either preparation (before active movement) or anticipation (before passive movement) with a pseudo-randomized block design. A mixed-effects (n = 12) contrast of the active movement condition vs. rest identified brain activation in regions including the medial wall of the primary sensorimotor cortex, consistent with expected somatotopy. Medial wall activation during passive movement vs. rest was less intense and localized to the same region. Frontal and association cortices were more active during preparation or anticipation periods than during the movements themselves. A contrast of preparation to move vs. active movement showed significant activation in the medial frontal and frontopolar gyri and the precuneus. Contrast of the anticipation of movement with the passive movement condition revealed activation in the dorsal premotor cortex and precuneus. Our study thus provides evidence for somatotopy in multiple functional regions in the motor control network. The anterior prefrontal activity is involved in the preparation for cued movement with distinct regions of the medial motor cortex (including SMA and CMA) preferentially involved in motor program planning and execution. This direct characterization of brain activation patterns associated with foot movements promises use of fMRI for the functional analysis of pathologies of gait.
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- C Sahyoun
- Department of Clinical Neurology, Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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