title: Cortical Reorganization in Patients Recovered from Bell's Palsy: An Orofacial and Finger Movements Task-State fMRI Study.
abstract: Objective.To explore cortical reorganization of patients recovered from Bell's palsy (BP) by task-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during finger and orofacial movements and provide more evidence for acupuncture clinical treatment of BP.Methods.We collected 17 BP patients with complete clinical recovery (BP group) and 20 healthy volunteers (control group) accepted the task-state fMRI scans with lip pursing movements and finger movements, respectively.Results.It was found that there were significant differences of brain functional status between the two groups.Conclusions.The results showed that there was cortical reorganization in the brain of patients recovered from BP after acupuncture treatment, which also suggested the relationship between the hand motor areas and facial motor areas of BP patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Jaeyoun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4849-7402
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Chuanfu
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3023-9755
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Acupuncture, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Aihong
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Hongli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Anqin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Qiuju
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Linying
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Digital Medical Imaging, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, Anhui 230031, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gao
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020330:Bell Palsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000502:physiology*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult