EP 1. Brain activity after acute left hemispheric stroke in imitation and tool associated actions

Apraxia, a disorder of higher motor control, frequently leads to impaired tool use or imitation capacities due to left hemispheric lesions. However, despite similar lesion size or location, patients present with different apraxic deficits thus different early reorganization mechanism may be assumed. To understand the impaired praxis network after stroke on a functional level, we correlated behavioral performance in imitation and tool use tasks with activation patterns in fMRI of 47 acute left-hemispheric stroke patients.
Source: Clinical Neurophysiology - Category: Neuroscience Authors: Tags: ePoster Presentations – Stroke Source Type: research