title: Cortical reorganisation in a preterm born child with unilateral watershed infarction.
abstract: In this case report we describe the presence of a unilateral watershed infarction in a preterm born infant. Structural imaging in the neonatal period and in adolescence confirmed a typical lesion pattern compatible with watershed infarction in term born infants. Though the resulting parasagittal cleft transected the primary motor cortex, motor function of the affected hand was relatively spared. Functional MRI and transcranial magnetic stimulation revealed an important role for the unaffected hemisphere in motor control of the affected hand, showing once again that early cortical reorganization may lead to a near normal hand function.
authors: Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors: Niek E
authors: NE
authors: van der Aa
authors: Stella
authors: S
authors: DeBode
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: van Diessen
authors: Cornelia H
authors: CH
authors: Verhage
authors: Onno
authors: O
authors: van Nieuwenhuizen
authors: Nick F
authors: NF
authors: Ramsey
authors: Linda S
authors: LS
authors: de Vries