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Bertuccelli M, Bisiacchi P, Del Felice A. Disentangling Cerebellar and Parietal Contributions to Gait and Body Schema: A Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study. CEREBELLUM (LONDON, ENGLAND) 2024:10.1007/s12311-024-01678-x. [PMID: 38438828 DOI: 10.1007/s12311-024-01678-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/26/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
Abstract
The overlap between motor and cognitive signs resulting from posterior parietal cortex (PPC) and cerebellar lesions can mask their relative contribution in the sensorimotor integration process. This study aimed to identify distinguishing motor and cognitive features to disentangle PPC and cerebellar involvement in two sensorimotor-related functions: gait and body schema representation. Thirty healthy volunteers were enrolled and randomly assigned to PPC or cerebellar stimulation. Sham stimulation and 1 Hz-repetitive-Transcranial-Magnetic-Stimulation were delivered over P3 or cerebellum before a balance and a walking distance estimation task. Each trial was repeated with eyes open (EO) and closed (EC). Eight inertial measurement units recorded spatiotemporal and kinematic variables of gait. Instability increased in both groups after real stimulation: PPC inhibition resulted in increased instability in EC conditions, as evidenced by increased ellipse area and range of movement in medio-lateral and anterior-posterior (ROMap) directions. Cerebellar inhibition affected both EC (increased ROMap) and EO stability (greater displacement of the center of mass). Inhibitory stimulation (EC vs. EO) affected also gait spatiotemporal variability, with a high variability of ankle and knee angles plus different patterns in the two groups (cerebellar vs parietal). Lastly, PPC group overestimates distances after real stimulation (EC condition) compared to the cerebellar group. Stability, gait variability, and distance estimation parameters may be useful clinical parameters to disentangle cerebellar and PPC sensorimotor integration deficits. Clinical differential diagnosis efficiency can benefit from this methodological approach.
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Affiliation(s)
- Margherita Bertuccelli
- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
- Department of General Psychology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section of Neurology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
- Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
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Tynterova A, Perepelitsa S, Golubev A. Personalized Neurophysiological and Neuropsychological Assessment of Patients with Left and Right Hemispheric Damage in Acute Ischemic Stroke. Brain Sci 2022; 12:brainsci12050554. [PMID: 35624940 PMCID: PMC9139366 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12050554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/23/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The leading factors of post-stroke disability are motor disorders and cognitive dysfunctions. The aim of the study was to identify and provide a rationale for the variable early cognitive dysfunction in right and left hemispheric damage in patients with acute stroke. The study included 80 patients diagnosed with ischemic stroke. All patients were assessed for cognitive status, depression, fatigue and anxiety. For objectification, the method of evoked potentials (P300) and neuroimaging were used. Our findings revealed distinguishing features of cognitive dysfunction and identified a combination of the most informative markers characteristic of right and left hemispheric damage in patients with acute ischemic stroke. In patients with damage to the left hemisphere, a predominance of dysregulation syndrome (decrease in executive function and attention) was revealed, accompanied by various disorders such as severe anxiety and fatigue. The causes of this cognitive dysfunction may be directly related to stroke (damage to subcortical structures), as well as to a preexisting reduction in higher mental functions associated with age and vascular conditions. Cognitive impairments in patients with lesions of the right hemisphere were characterized by polymorphism and observed in the mental praxis, speech (with predominant semantic component) and abstract thinking domains. They are closely linked to each other and are more related to the lateralization of the lesion and preexisting neurodegeneration than to the localization of the ischemic lesion. The study of P300-evoked potentials is a good tool for confirming cognitive dysfunction. The latent period of the P300 wave is more sensitive to neurodegeneration, while the amplitude factor characterizes vascular pathology to a greater extent. The results of the study provide a rationale for a comprehensive assessment of lateralization, stroke localization, underlying diseases, neurophysiological parameters and identified cognitive impairments when developing a plan of rehabilitation and neuropsychological measures aimed at cognitive and emotional recovery of patients both in the acute phase of ischemic stroke and when selecting further personalized rehabilitation programs.
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- Anastasia Tynterova
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 14 Alexander Nevsky St., 236041 Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia;
- Correspondence:
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- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University, 14 Alexander Nevsky St., 236041 Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia;
- V. A. Negovsky Research Institute of General Reanimatology, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, 25 Petrovka Str., Build. 2, 107031 Moscow, Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia;
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- V. A. Negovsky Research Institute of General Reanimatology, Federal Research and Clinical Center of Intensive Care Medicine and Rehabilitology, 25 Petrovka Str., Build. 2, 107031 Moscow, Moskovskaya Oblast, Russia;
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Yang YC, Chang FT, Chen JC, Tsai CH, Lin FY, Lu MK. Bereitschaftspotential in Multiple System Atrophy. Front Neurol 2021; 12:608322. [PMID: 34149586 PMCID: PMC8206531 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2021.608322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Objective: Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a neurodegenerative disorder manifesting as parkinsonism, cerebellar ataxia, and autonomic dysfunction. It is categorized into MSA with predominant parkinsonism (MSA-P) and into MSA with predominant cerebellar ataxia (MSA-C). The pathophysiology of motor control circuitry involvement in MSA subtype is unclear. Bereitschaftspotential (BP) is a feasible clinical tool to measure electroencephalographic activity prior to volitional motions. We recorded BP in patients with MSA-P and MSA-C to investigate their motor cortical preparation and activation for volitional movement. Methods: We included eight patients with MSA-P, eight patients with MSA-C, and eight age-matched healthy controls. BP was recorded during self-paced rapid wrist extension movements. The electroencephalographic epochs were time-locked to the electromyography onset of the voluntary wrist movements. The three groups were compared with respect to the mean amplitudes of early (1,500–500 ms before movement onset) and late (500–0 ms before movement onset) BP. Results: Mean early BP amplitude was non-significantly different between the three groups. Mean late BP amplitude in the two patient groups was significantly reduced in the parietal area contralateral to the movement side compared with that in the healthy control group. In addition, the late BP of the MSA-C group but not the MSA-P group was significantly reduced at the central parietal area compared with that of the healthy control group. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that patients with MSA exhibit motor cortical dysfunction in voluntary movement preparation and activation. The dysfunction can be practicably evaluated using late BP, which represents the cerebello-dentato-thalamo-cortical pathway.
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- Yi-Chien Yang
- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hsinchu Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan.,Neuroscience and Brain Disease Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.,Neuroscience and Brain Disease Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Neurology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Neuroscience and Brain Disease Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Ph.D. Program for Translational Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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Hejazi-Shirmard M, Lajevardi L, Rassafiani M, Taghizadeh G. The effects of anxiety and dual-task on upper limb motor control of chronic stroke survivors. Sci Rep 2020; 10:15085. [PMID: 32934249 PMCID: PMC7492359 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71845-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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This study was designed to investigate the effects of anxiety and dual-task on reach and grasp motor control in chronic stroke survivors compared with age- and sex-matched healthy subjects (HC). Reach and grasp kinematic data of 68 participants (high-anxiety stroke (HA-stroke), n = 17; low-anxiety stroke (LA-stroke), n = 17; low-anxiety HC, n = 17; and high-anxiety HC, n = 17) were recorded under single- and dual-task conditions. Inefficient reach and grasp of stroke participants, especially HA-stroke were found compared with the control groups under single- and dual-task conditions as evidenced by longer movement time (MT), lower and earlier peak velocity (PV) as well as delayed and smaller hand opening. The effects of dual-task on reach and grasp kinematic measures were similar between HCs and stroke participants (i.e., increased MT, decreased PV that occurred earlier, and delayed and decreased hand opening), with greater effect in stroke groups than HCs, and in HA-stroke group than LA-stroke group. The results indicate that performing a well-learned upper limb movement with concurrent cognitive task leads to decreased efficiency of motor control in chronic stroke survivors compared with HCs. HA-stroke participants were more adversely affected by challenging dual-task conditions, underlying importance of assessing anxiety and designing effective interventions for it in chronic stroke survivors.
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- Mahnaz Hejazi-Shirmard
- Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Occupational Therapy Department, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait.,Neurorehabilitaion Research Center, The University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Rehabilitation Research Center, Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Broome K, Hudson I, Potter K, Kulk J, Dunn A, Arm J, Zeffiro T, Cooper G, Tian H, van Vliet P. A Modified Reach-to-Grasp Task in a Supine Position Shows Coordination Between Elbow and Hand Movements After Stroke. Front Neurol 2019; 10:408. [PMID: 31139132 PMCID: PMC6518444 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.00408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 04/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Objective: A modified reach-to-grasp task has been developed for the purpose of investigating arm-hand coordination in a supine position in the functional magnetic resonance imaging environment. The objective of this study was to investigate the kinematics of the reach-to-grasp task, in stroke and healthy participants. Design: Observational cohort study. Setting: Movement laboratory. Participants: Ten stroke participants and 10 age-matched healthy participants performed 10 repetitions of the modified reach-to-grasp task in two conditions—a natural condition and a standardized condition in a splint. Intervention: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measures: Kinematic variables of start time of transport, start time of aperture, movement duration, time of peak velocity (PV), percentage time of PV, peak deceleration (PD), percentage time of PD, peak aperture (PA), time of PA, and percentage time of PA were recorded. The correlation between key events in the grasp and transport trajectories were investigated. Performance between conditions and groups were compared. Results: Both groups demonstrated a significant correlation between the start time of aperture and the start time of transport and between the time of PA and PV in both conditions. A significant correlation was found between the time of PA and the PD in both conditions for the healthy group, but in neither condition for the stroke group. Movements by participants with stroke had a significantly longer movement duration, a smaller PV, and an earlier absolute time of PV and PD, and an earlier percentage time of PV and PD. They also had a smaller aperture than healthy participants. Wearing the splint resulted in a significantly higher PV, later absolute and percentage time of PV, PD, and PA, and a smaller PA compared to moving without the splint. The timing of transport variables time to peak velocity and time to peak deceleration, were strongest determinants of movement duration. Conclusion: The modified reach-to-grasp movement performed without the constraint of the splint, demonstrates similar motor control and coordination between the grasp and transport components of reach-to-grasp as in seated reach-to-grasp. This provides a new task that may be used to explore reach-to-grasp in the fMRI environment.
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- Kate Broome
- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Engineering and Health, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.,School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- Calvary Mater Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Centre for Translational Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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- School of Health Sciences, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia.,Research and Innovation Division, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
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