title: The reorganization of motor network in hemidystonia from the perspective of deep brain stimulation.
abstract: Hemidystonia is usually 'secondary' to structural lesions within the cortico-striato-pallido-thalamic or the cerebello-thalamo-cortical loops. Globus pallidus internus Deep Brain Stimulation (GPi DBS) is a validated technique in the treatment of primary dystonia and still under assessment for secondary dystonia. Results of DBS in hemidystonia are limited and heterogeneous. Further knowledge concerning motor network organization after focal brain lesions might contribute to the understanding of this mitigated response to DBS and to the refinement of DBS indications and techniques in secondary dystonia. This study aimed to identify movement-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) activation patterns in a group of hemidystonic patients in comparison to healthy controls (HC). Further analysis assessed recruitment pattern in different patient subgroups defined according to clinical and radiological criteria relevant to GPi DBS eligibility (hyperkinetic/hypokinetic and prepallidal/postpallidal). Eleven patients and nine HC underwent fMRI with a block-design alternating active and rest conditions. The motor paradigm consisted of self-paced elbow flexion-extension movements. The main results were as follows: single-subject studies revealed several activation patterns involving motor-related network regions; both ipsilesional and contralesional hemispheres showed abnormal patterns of activity; compared with HC, hemidystonic patients showed decreased brain activity in ipsilesional thalamus, pallidal and temporal areas during affected arm task execution; 'hypokinetic' subgroup was commonly related to widespread bilateral overactivity. This study provides additional arguments for case-by-case assessment of DBS surgery indication and target selection in hemidystonia. Single-lead approach might be unable to modulate a highly disorganized network activity in certain patients with this clinical syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Functional Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Gui de Chauliac, University Hospital of Montpellier, 80 Avenue Augustin Fliche, 34295, Montpellier Cedex 5, France, v-gonzalez@chu-montpellier.fr.
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: Emmanuelle
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Le Bars
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cif
authors.forename: Liesjet E H
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: van Dokkum
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Laffont
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonafé
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Menjot de Champfleur
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanca
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coubes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D020821:Dystonic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000503:physiopathology; D004550:Elbow / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity; D012146:Rest; D055815:Young Adult