Neural coupling between contralesional motor and frontoparietal networks correlates with motor ability in individuals with chronic stroke

Movement is traditionally viewed as a process that involves motor brain regions. However, movement also implicates non-motor regions such as prefrontal and parietal cortex, regions whose integrity may thus be important for motor recovery after stroke. Importantly, focal brain damage can affect neural functioning within and between distinct brain networks implicated in the damage. The aim of this study is to investigate how resting state connectivity (rs-connectivity) within and between motor and frontoparietal networks are affected post-stroke in correlation with motor outcome.

Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - November 6, 2017 Category: Neurology Authors: Timothy K. Lam, Deirdre R. Dawson, Kie Honjo, Bernhard Ross, Malcolm A. Binns, Donald T. Stuss, Sandra E. Black, J. Jean Chen, Brian T. Levine, Takako Fujioka, Joyce L. Chen Source Type: research