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ArticleThe Journal of comparative neurology2016

Frontal and frontoparietal injury differentially affect the ipsilateral corticospinal projection from the nonlesioned hemisphere in monkey (Macaca mulatta).

R J Morecraft, J Ge, K S Stilwell-Morecraft, D W McNeal, S M Hynes, M A Pizzimenti, D L Rotella, W G Darling

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Article in The Journal of comparative neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

R J MorecraftDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurological Sciences, The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069.
J GeDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurological Sciences, The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069.
K S Stilwell-MorecraftDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurological Sciences, The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069.
D W McNealDivision of Basic Biomedical Sciences, Laboratory of Neurological Sciences, The University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Vermillion, South Dakota, 57069.
S M HynesDepartment of Health and Human Physiology, Motor Control Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
M A PizzimentiDepartment of Health and Human Physiology, Motor Control Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
D L RotellaDepartment of Health and Human Physiology, Motor Control Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
W G DarlingDepartment of Health and Human Physiology, Motor Control Laboratories, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, 52242.
University of Iowa · USUniversity of South Dakota · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Motor Recovery after Subtotal Brain InjuryR01NS046367 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA · PI MORECRAFT, ROBERT J · 2004 to 2013
$3.2M
Mechanisms of Motor Recovery after subtotal Brain InjuryR56NS046367 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA · PI MORECRAFT, ROBERT J · 2009 to 2009
$431k
NINDS NIH HHS NS 046367NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS046367NINDS NIH HHS R56 NS046367
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Upper extremity hemiplegia is a common consequence of unilateral cortical stroke. Understanding the role of the unaffected cerebral hemisphere in the motor recovery process has been encouraged, in part, by the presence of ipsilateral corticospinal projections (iCSP). We examined the neuroplastic response of the iCSP from the contralesional primary motor cortex (cM1) hand/arm area to spinal levels C5-T1 after spontaneous long-term recovery from isolated frontal lobe injury and isolated frontoparietal injury. High-resolution tract tracing, stereological, and behavioral methodologies were applied. Recovery from frontal motor injury resulted in enhanced numbers of terminal labeled boutons in the iCSP from cM1 compared with controls. Increases occurred in lamina VIII and the adjacent ventral sectors of lamina VII, which are involved in axial/proximal limb sensorimotor processing. Larger frontal lobe lesions were associated with greater numbers of terminal boutons than smaller frontal lobe lesions. In contrast, frontoparietal injury blocked this response; total bouton number was similar to controls, demonstrating that disruption of somatosensory input to one hemisphere has a suppressive effect on the iCSP from the nonlesioned hemisphere. However, compared with controls, elevated bouton numbers occurred in lamina VIII, at the expense of lamina VII bouton labeling. Lamina IX boutons were also elevated in two frontoparietal lesion cases with extensive cortical injury. Because laminae VIII and IX collectively harbor axial, proximal, and distal motoneurons, therapeutic intervention targeting the ipsilateral corticospinal linkage from cM1 may promote proximal, and possibly distal, upper-limb motor recovery following frontal and frontoparietal injury.

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AnimalsBrain InjuriesDisease Models, AnimalFrontal LobeFunctional LateralityIsoquinolinesMacaca mulattaMicroinjectionsParietal LobePyramidal TractsIsoquinolineslucifer yellowcorticofugalfrontal lobehand movementsmotor recoveryneurosurgical resectionparietal lobeplasticitypyramidal tractspinal cord

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PMID26224429
PMCPMC4675697
OpenAlexW2105625897

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