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Functional and structural asymmetry in primary motor cortex in Asperger syndrome: a navigated TMS and imaging study

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العنوان: Functional and structural asymmetry in primary motor cortex in Asperger syndrome: a navigated TMS and imaging study
المؤلفون: Säisänen, L, Määttä, S, Julkunen, P, Niskanen, E, Kallioniemi, E, Gröhn, H, Kemppainen, S, Lakka, TA, Lintu, N, Eloranta, AM, Vanninen, R, Makkonen, I, Könönen, M
المساهمون: Department of Applied Physics, activities, School of Medicine / Biomedicine,School of Medicine / Clinical Medicine,School of Medicine / Clinical Nutrition
بيانات النشر: Springer Nature
سنة النشر: 2019
المجموعة: University of Eastern Finland: UEF Electronic Publications
مصطلحات موضوعية: navigated TMS, asperger syndrome, hemispheric asymmetry, motor mapping, neuroimaging, voxel-based morphometry, cortical plasticity, brain reorganization
الوصف: Motor functions are frequently impaired in Asperger syndrome (AS). In this study, we examined the motor cortex structure and function using navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (nTMS) and voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and correlated the results with the box and block test (BBT) of manual dexterity and physical activity in eight boys with AS, aged 8–11 years, and their matched controls. With nTMS, we found less focused cortical representation areas of distinct hand muscles in AS. There was hemispheric asymmetry in the motor maps, silent period duration and active MEP latency in the AS group, but not in controls. Exploratory VBM analysis revealed less gray matter in the left postcentral gyrus, especially in the face area, and less white matter in the precentral area in AS as compared to controls. On the contrary, in the right leg area, subjects with AS displayed an increased density of gray matter. The structural findings of the left hemisphere correlated negatively with BBT score in controls, whereas the structure of the right hemisphere in the AS group correlated positively with motor function as assessed by BBT. These preliminary functional (neurophysiological and behavioral) findings are indicative of asymmetry, and co-existing structural alterations may reflect the motor impairments causing the deteriorations in manual dexterity and other motor functions commonly encountered in children with AS. ; published version ; peerReviewed
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: 504-518
اللغة: unknown
تدمد: 0896-0267
العلاقة: Brain topography; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10548-019-00704-0Test; 32; https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/7659Test
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10548-019-00704-0Test
https://erepo.uef.fi/handle/123456789/7659Test
حقوق: CC BY 4.0 ; openAccess ; © Authors ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.C517E10C
قاعدة البيانات: BASE