Prefrontal-Premotor Pathways and Motor Output in Well-Recovered Stroke Patients.

ABSTRACT: Structural brain imaging has continuously furthered our knowledge how different pathways of the human motor system contribute to residual motor output in stroke patients. Tract-related microstructure of pathways between primary and premotor areas has been found to critically influence motor output. The motor network is not restricted in connectivity to motor and premotor areas but these brain regions are densely interconnected with prefrontal regions such as the dorsolateral (DLPFC) and ventrolateral (VLPFC) prefrontal cortex. So far, the available data about the topography of such direct pathways and their microstructural properties in humans are sparse. To what extent prefrontal-premotor connections might also relate to residual motor outcome after stroke is still an open question. The p

SUBMITTER: Schulz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382735 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature