Subcortical motor plasticity in patients with sporadic ALS: An fMRI study

Brain Research Bulletin
A TessitoreG Tedeschi

Abstract

To address the potential contribution of subcortical brain regions in the functional reorganization of the motor system in patients with sporadic ALS (sALS) and to investigate whether functional changes in brain activity are different in sALS patients with predominant upper motor neuron (UMN) or lower motor neuron (LMN) dysfunction. We studied 16 patients with sALS and 13 healthy controls, using BOLD-fMRI, while they performed a simple visually paced motor task. Seven patients had definite clinical UMN signs while nine patients had prevalent clinical and electrophysiological LMN involvement. fMRI data were analyzed with Brain Voyager QX. Task-related functional changes were identified in motor cortical regions in both patients and healthy controls. Direct group comparisons revealed relatively decreased BOLD fMRI responses in left sensorimotor cortex, lateral premotor area, supplementary motor area and right posterior parietal cortex (p < 0.05 corrected) and relatively increased responses in the left anterior putamen (p < 0.001 uncorrected) in sALS patients. Additional analyses between the two patients subgroups demonstrated significant BOLD fMRI response differences in the anterior cingulate cortex and right caudate nucleus (p ...Continue Reading

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