Clinical Study

Slowing of Motor Imagery after a Right Hemispheric Stroke

Table 2

Lesion location.

Right hemispheric lesion ( )Left hemispheric lesion ( )
NLesion locationI/E time ratioNLesion locationI/E time ratio
Aff.Unaff.Aff.Unaff.

1RMCA territory0.821.791LMCA territory0.690.85
2RFrontoparietal cortex0.950.792LMCA territory0.720.94
3RInternal capsule, basal ganglia, and corona radiate0.961.553LInternal capsule (post. limb)0.791.04
4RFrontal (post.) and temporal cortex0.961.194LFrontal cortex (post.) and subcortex0.831.03
5RMCA territory1.081.365LMCA territory0.850.90
6RExternal capsule and basal ganglia1.101.056LMCA territory0.980.89
7RMCA territory and thalamus1.121.057LFrontoparietal cortex and basal ganglia1.000.96
8RMCA territory1.141.218LFrontal cortex (post.)1.031.14
9RFrontoparietal (subcortical)1.241.279LThalamocapsular1.101.20
10RMCA territory1.261.3810LParietotemporal cortex1.271.32
11RMCA territory1.301.5411LParietal cortex1.281.15
12RInternal capsule and corona radiate1.311.3312LFrontal cortex and subcortex1.521.34
13RTemporolenticular1.461.6313LFrontotemporal cortex and putamen1.531.64
14RMCA territory1.491.4814LFrontal cortex (post.), caudate nucleus1.101.31
15RFrontoparietal cortex1.580.9815LParaventricular from claustrum to external capsule1.401.55
16RMCA territory1.542.6716LFrontal cortex and intraventricular1.221.31
17RMCA territory1.761.7617LSubcortex paraventricular1.071.11
18RMCA territory2.272.6818LTemporooccipital cortex1.191.48
19RMCA territory2.531.70

N: patient number; I/E time ratio: imagination/execution time ratio; MCA: middle cerebral artery; aff.: affected limb; unaff.: unaffected limb.