Dysfunction of a structurally normal motor pathway in a brain injury patient as revealed by multimodal integrated techniques.
We report on a patient with left hemiparesis and peripersonal neglect after post-traumatic left frontal hemorrhage, who underwent fMRI, TMS and TCD to identify the functional abnormalities that account for his neurological symptoms, in the absence of any detectable lesion affecting right motor areas.
Barba
Carmen
C
Fondazione Santa Lucia, IRCCS, Rome, Italy. carmen.barba@tiscali.it
Formisano
Rita
R
Sabatini
Umberto
U
Cicinelli
Paola
P
Elisabeth Hagberg
Gisela
G
Marconi
Barbara
B
Ciurli
Paola
P
Bianciardi
Marta
M
Matteis
Maria
M
D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000098:blood supply / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D017585:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial / Q000379:methods