Thalamic functional dysconnectivity in patients with left-hemisphere chronic capsular and pontine stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Through its extensive connection with the cortex, the thalamus constitutes the hub of cortico-subcortical circuits and participants in multi-dimensional functions. However, the differential involvements of thalamic functional connectivity in chronic capsular and pontine stroke are still unknown.

Methods

The research recruited 66 left-lesion chronic stroke patients, including 46 capsular strokes (CS) and 20 pontine stroke (PS) patients, and 67 normal controls (NC). The thalamic subfields functional connectivities were compared between groups using a two-way repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA), corrected for confounders including age, gender, education and scanners. Spearman partial correlation was used to explore the potential association between altered thalamic

SUBMITTER: Guo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11519739 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature