Neurophysiologic and neuroimaging studies of brain plasticity in children with spastic cerebral palsy.
Patients with cerebral palsy (CP) may have some problems other than this motor impairment: mental retardation, epilepsy and sensory disturbance. Healthy children and children with CP have an enhanced capacity for learning and memory compared to adults. There are few tools for brain plasticity investigations. The utility of the neurophysiologic and MRI techniques in the determination of brain reorganization and repair in patients with cerebral palsy is described. The authors discuss their results of quantitative EEG and spectroscopy MRI studies in children with CP. Quantitative EEG and spectroscopy MRI can be useful tools in the determination of these processes in children with CP.
Kułak
Wojciech
W
Department of Pediatric Neurology and Rehabilitation, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 17, 15-274 Bialystok, Poland. kulak@hot.pl
Sobaniec
Wojciech
W
Kuzia
Joanna-Smigielska
JS
Boćkowski
Leszek
L
D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004576:Electromyography; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods