Sensorimotor Cortical Neuroplasticity in the Early Stage of Bell’s Palsy

Table 2

Task-related fMRI results for healthy controls.

Tasks	Brain region	Cluster size	Peak score	MNI coordinates (mm)
				Facial movement	L S1/M1	346	7.38	−51	−12	42
R S1/M1	273	6.65	48		−9	45
R SMA	175	6.42	6		−3	63
B cerebellum	126	6.34	12		−63	−18
Right hand movement	L S1/M1	1216	7.58	−33	−24	54
	B cerebellum	505	7.27	12	−54	−15
	L thalamus	535	7.01	−15	−21	6
Left hand movement	R S1/M1	533	7.50	36	−21	51
	L cerebellum	552	7.14	−18	−54	−18
	B SMA	434	6.96	6	0	45
	R thalamus	531	6.75	15	−21	6
	R putamen		6.02	24	3	6
	R S2	149	6.05	48	−21	24
Right facial sensory	L S2/S1/M1	744	6.84	−39	−15	18
	R cerebellum	42	5.84	6	−66	−12
Left facial sensory	R S2/S1/M1	201	6.74	60	−18	24
	L S1	29	5.47	−60	−18	30

B, bilateral; L, left; M1, primary motor cortex; R, right; S1, primary somatosensory cortex; S2, secondary somatosensory cortex; SMA, supplementary motor area.