Sensorimotor Cortical Neuroplasticity in the Early Stage of Bell's Palsy

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Song, Wenwen
Dai, Minhui
Xuan, Lihua
Cao, Zhijian
Zhou, Sisi
Lang, Courtney
Lv, Kun
Xu, Maosheng
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Song, Wenwen, Minhui Dai, Lihua Xuan, Zhijian Cao, Sisi Zhou, Courtney Lang, Kun Lv, Maosheng Xu, and Jian Kong. 2017. “Sensorimotor Cortical Neuroplasticity in the Early Stage of Bell's Palsy.” Neural Plasticity 2017 (1): 8796239. doi:10.1155/2017/8796239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8796239.Abstract
Neuroplasticity is a common phenomenon in the human brain following nerve injury. It is defined as the brain's ability to reorganize by creating new neural pathways in order to adapt to change. Here, we use task-related and resting-state fMRI to investigate neuroplasticity in the primary sensory (S1) and motor cortex (M1) in patients with acute Bell's palsy (BP). We found that the period directly following the onset of BP (less than 14 days) is associated with significant decreases in regional homogeneity (ReHo), fractional amplitude of low frequency fluctuations (fALFF), and intrinsic connectivity contrast (ICC) values in the contralateral S1/M1 and in ReHo and ICC values in the ipsilateral S1/M1, compared to healthy controls. The regions with decreased ReHo, fALFF, and ICC values were in both the face and hand region of S1/M1 as indicated by resting-state fMRI but not task-related fMRI. Our results suggest that the early stages of BP are associated with functional neuroplasticity in both the face and hand regions of S1/M1 and that resting-state functional fMRI may be a sensitive tool to detect these early stages of plasticity in patient populations.Other Sources
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