Demonstration of recovery of a severely damaged corticospinal tract: a diffusion tensor tractography and transcranial magnetic stimulation follow-up study.
We demonstrated the recovery of a severely damaged corticospinal tract (CST) in a 45-year-old female patient with intracerebral hemorrhage using diffusion tensor tractography and transcranial magnetic stimulation. Two longitudinal evaluations were conducted. There was no evidence of a CST in the affected hemisphere on the first evaluation. However, we observed evidence of a CST on the second evaluation. It seems that the affected motor function was recovered through the recovery of the damaged CST.
Yang
Dong Suk
DS
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daemyungdong, Namku, Taegu, Republic of Korea.
Kim
Dae-Shik
DS
Kim
Yun-Hee
YH
Jang
Sung Ho
SH
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation