Motor Cortical Network Plasticity in Patients With Recurrent Brain Tumors.

ABSTRACT: Objective: The adult brain's potential for plastic reorganization is an important mechanism for the preservation and restoration of function in patients with primary glial neoplasm. Patients with recurrent brain tumors requiring multiple interventions over time present an opportunity to examine brain reorganization. Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a noninvasive imaging modality that can be used for motor cortical network mapping which, when performed at regular intervals, offers insight into this process of reorganization. Utilizing MEG-based motor mapping, we sought to characterize the reorganization of motor cortical networks over time in a cohort of 78 patients with recurrent glioma. Methods: MEG-based motor cortical maps were obtained by measuring event-related desynchron

SUBMITTER: Bulubas L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146050 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature