TY - GEN
T1 - Somatotopic representation and cortical thickness of primary motor cortex in Bell's palsy
T2 - 2010 5th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2010
AU - Park, Kyungmo
AU - Salim, Siti Hajar
AU - Lee, Jeungchan
AU - Jung, Changjin
AU - Lee, Sooyeol
AU - Cho, Minhyung
AU - Choi, Woosuk
AU - Lee, Sanghoon
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The main objective of this research is to investigate how the somatotopic representation of motor cortex changes along no-use of affected facial muscles. We use Bell's palsy patients who has degenerated peripheral lesion and muscle paralysis. Using MR imaging technology and electromyography, we compared the functional activity and connectivity of BOLD signal and the cortical thickness on the relevant motor cortex. We found less functional activities, fewer functional connectivity, and thinner cortical thickness in the relevant brain ROI to the muscle contraction, which is showing a negative neuroplasticity. Then it could be speculated that this negative plasticity might induce the poor prognosis of muscle paralysis in Bell's palsy.
AB - The main objective of this research is to investigate how the somatotopic representation of motor cortex changes along no-use of affected facial muscles. We use Bell's palsy patients who has degenerated peripheral lesion and muscle paralysis. Using MR imaging technology and electromyography, we compared the functional activity and connectivity of BOLD signal and the cortical thickness on the relevant motor cortex. We found less functional activities, fewer functional connectivity, and thinner cortical thickness in the relevant brain ROI to the muscle contraction, which is showing a negative neuroplasticity. Then it could be speculated that this negative plasticity might induce the poor prognosis of muscle paralysis in Bell's palsy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79952559932&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CIBEC.2010.5716079
DO - 10.1109/CIBEC.2010.5716079
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79952559932
SN - 9781424471706
T3 - 2010 5th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2010
SP - 180
EP - 183
BT - 2010 5th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2010
Y2 - 16 December 2010 through 18 December 2010
ER -