title: Changes of the corticospinal tract in the unaffected hemisphere in stroke patients: A diffusion tensor imaging study.
abstract: We investigated changes of the corticospinal tract (CST) in the unaffected hemisphere according to severity of the CST injury, using diffusion tensor imaging (DTI). According to the severity of the CST injury in the affected hemisphere, the stroke patients showed different aspects of fiber volume increment of the CST in the unaffected hemisphere; the fiber volume was increased in the early phase in patients with mild injury of CST and later phase in patients with severe injury of CST.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Sung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: b Department of Diagnostic Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Ji Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Byung Yeon
authors.initials: BY
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Chul Hoon
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: c Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Young Jin
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: a Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University , Taegu , Republic of Korea ;
authors.forename: Han Do
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: d Department of Physical Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Dankook University , Cheonan , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Seok
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yeo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011712:Pyramidal Tracts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D020521:Stroke / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: Corticospinal tract; motor recovery; stroke