Longitudinal Assessment of Motor Recovery of Contralateral Hand after Basal Ganglia Infarction Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

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The longitudinal study of brain activation in Case during the voluntary finger opposition task. (a) Diffusion weighted images on the first day of onset showing infarction of the right basal ganglia; (b and c) fMRI in the acute phase demonstrating the activation of the right SMC; (d) diffusion weighted images seven months after onset showing the encephalomalacia foci in the right basal ganglia; (e and f) serial fMRI in the chronic phase demonstrating the activation of the right SMC and right cerebellum. fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; SMC, sensorimotor cortex.

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