Cortical reafferentation following left subcortical hemorrhage: a serial functional MR study.

Hund-Georgiadis, M; Lex, U; Norris, D G; von Cramon, D Y · Neurology · 2000

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 48-year-old patient who had aphasia due to a left subcortical hemorrhage underwent three follow-up examinations to assess MR signal changes accompanying recovery. A word classification task was applied. During the 6-month follow-up period, we observed a dynamic change from negative toward positive blood oxygenation level-dependent MR signals, i.e., task-related reafferentation of eloquent cortices occurred. Clinical improvement from aphasia paralleled the MR signal changes.

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