Research Article

Aberrances of Cortex Excitability and Connectivity Underlying Motor Deficit in Acute Stroke

Table 1

Individual fMRI activation maxima used as ROIs for DCM.

M1_LM1_RSMA_LSAM_RPMC_LPMC_R

Subj1−39−244542−2154−12−18516−357−51−33354−321
Subj2−39−246333−2757−30729−972−54−34260−636
Subj3−39−216636−2769−6−3633−669−51−34251−933
Subj4−45−125436−2157−120666−369−4803357−642
Subj5−39−366339−2157−9−66612−975−57−33360−942
Subj6−39−246648−1560−123696−666−4264860639
Subj7−36−306339−3063−6−6696−2169−5404551−345
Subj8−48−155442−2166−99729−672−54−33657039
Subj9−45−154851−1545−96639666−48−34260336
Subj10−48−154539−2157−912696−669−5703057042
Subj11−45−155145−1557−6−6699−1260−51−33360333
Subj12−39−216039−2454−6−12699669−51−63651−333
Subj13−39−155742−1557−39699654−45−93657−633
Subj14−33−275436−2454−6−3699−369−5703054045
Subj15−36−276636−2763−3−3696066−5403660333
Subj16−39−215739−2157−60579660−6033351−339
Subj17−39−216348−1557−9−12696−672−51−33951042
Subj18−39−246036−2154−3−9699654−48−63660−336
Subj19−48−155442−2466−6−3699−369−6002457033
Subj20−48−185142−2457−9−12669−969−54−63654−636
Subj21−36−275142−1857−66636−360−48−63357−936
Subj22−48−184539−3366−63669−1272−5403051−339
Subj23−36−245136−2760−9−12699−966−45−34554−636
Subj24−39−186039−2457−6216391866−42−34554−339
Subj25−45−154842−1860−66516−1263−42−33651−942

Note: six motor regions of interest (ROIs) from the fMRI motor task activation were selected for the DCM analysis: the primary motor area (M1), the premotor cortex (PMC), and the supplementary motor area (SMA) from both hemispheres of each subject.