Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions
Joint Authors
Takeuchi, Naoyuki
Izumi, Shin-Ichi
Oouchida, Yutaka
Source
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-12-26
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The corpus callosum, which is the largest white matter structure in the human brain, connects the 2 cerebral hemispheres.
It plays a crucial role in maintaining the independent processing of the hemispheres and in integrating information between both hemispheres.
The functional integrity of interhemispheric interactions can be tested electrophysiologically in humans by using transcranial magnetic stimulation, electroencephalography, and functional magnetic resonance imaging.
As a brain structural imaging, diffusion tensor imaging has revealed the microstructural connectivity underlying interhemispheric interactions.
Sex, age, and motor training in addition to the size of the corpus callosum influence interhemispheric interactions.
Several neurological disorders change hemispheric asymmetry directly by impairing the corpus callosum.
Moreover, stroke lesions and unilateral peripheral impairments such as amputation alter interhemispheric interactions indirectly.
Noninvasive brain stimulation changes the interhemispheric interactions between both motor cortices.
Recently, these brain stimulation techniques were applied in the clinical rehabilitation of patients with stroke by ameliorating the deteriorated modulation of interhemispheric interactions.
Here, we review the interhemispheric interactions and mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis of these interactions and propose rehabilitative approaches for appropriate cortical reorganization.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Takeuchi, Naoyuki& Oouchida, Yutaka& Izumi, Shin-Ichi. 2012. Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Takeuchi, Naoyuki…[et al.]. Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions. Neural Plasticity No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-13.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Takeuchi, Naoyuki& Oouchida, Yutaka& Izumi, Shin-Ichi. Motor Control and Neural Plasticity through Interhemispheric Interactions. Neural Plasticity. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1029928
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1029928