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

Figure 3

Longitudinal observation of brain activation in Case  3 during the voluntary finger opposition task. (a) Diffusion weighted images on the third day after onset showing infarction of the right basal ganglia; (b and c) fMRI in the acute phase demonstrating the activation of the left SMC and bilateral cerebellum; (d) diffusion weighted images three 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 bilateral SMC, bilateral SMA, and right cerebellum. fMRI, functional magnetic resonance imaging; SMC, sensorimotor cortex; SMA, supplementary motor area.

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