Developmental plasticity connects visual cortex to motoneurons after stroke

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 132-136

  Basu, Anna ^a   Graziadio, Sara ^a   Smith, Martin ^b   Clowry, Gavin J ^a   Cioni, Giovanni ^c,d   Eyre, Janet A ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^d DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HAND MUSCLE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STROKE; TOUCH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 77649298098     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.21827     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. O'Leary D, Sahara S. Genetic regulation of arealization of the neocortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2008;18:90-100.
2. Collignon O, Voss P, Lassonde M, Lepore F. Cross-modal plasticity for the spatial processing of sounds in visually deprived subjects. Exp Brain Res 2009;192:343-358.
3. Oishi N, Mima T, Ishii K, et al. Neural correlates of regional EEG power change. Neuroimage 2007;36:1301-1312.
4. Eyre J, Smith M, Dabydeen L, et al. Is hemiplegic cerebral palsy equivalent to amblyopia of the corticospinal system? Ann Neurol 2007;62:493-503.
5. Rosenberg J, Amjad A, Breeze P, et al. The Fourier approach to the identification of functional coupling between neuronal spike trains. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 1989;53:1-31.
6. Gerloff C, Braun C, Staudt M, et al. Coherent corticomuscular oscillations originate from primary motor cortex: evidence from patients with early brain lesions. Hum Brain Mapp 2006;27: 789-798.
7. Ptito M, Fumal A, de Noordhout A, et al. TMS of the occipital cortex induces tactile sensations in the fingers of blind Braille readers. Exp Brain Res 2008;184:193.
8. Boggio P, Zaghi S, Lopes M, Fregni F. Modulatory effects of anodal transcranial direct current stimulation on perception and pain thresholds in healthy volunteers. Eur J Neurol 2008;15: 1124-1130.
9. Edgley SA, Eyre JA, Lemon RN, Miller S. Comparison of activation of corticospinal neurones and spinal motoneurones by magnetic and electrical stimulation in the monkey. Brain 1997;120: 839-853.
10. Nathan P, Smith M. The rubrospinal and central tegmental tracts in man. Brain 1982;105:223-269.
11. Nathan P, Smith M, Deacon P. Vestibulospinal, reticulospinal and descending propriospinal nerve fibres in man. Brain 1996;119:1809-1833.
12. Baker S, Pinches E, Lemon R. Synchronization in monkey motor cortex during a precision grip task: II. Effect of oscillatory activity on corticospinal output. J Neurophysiol 2003;89:1941-1953.
13. O'Leary D, Koester S. Development of projection neuron types, axon pathways, and patterned connections of the mammalian cortex. Neuron 1993;10:991-1006.
14. O'Leary D, Stanfield B. Selective elimination of axons extended by developing cortical neurons is dependent on regional locale: experiments utilizing fetal cortical transplants. J Neurosci 1989; 9:2230-2246.
15. Low L, Liu X-B, Faulkner R, et al. Plexin signaling selectively regulates the stereotyped pruning of corticospinal axons from visual cortex. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008;105:8136-8141.
16. Sharkey M, Lund R, Dom R. Maintenance of transient occipitospinal axons in the rat. Brain Res 1986;395:257-261.
17. Clowry G. The dependence of spinal cord development on corticospinal input and its significance in understanding and treating spastic cerebral palsy. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2007;31: 1114-1124.
18. Stanfield BB, O'Leary DD. The transient corticospinal projection from the occipital cortex during postnatal development of the rat. J Comp Neurol 1985;238:236-248.
19. Raju T, Nelson K, Ferriero D, Lynch J. Ischemic perinatal stroke: summary of a workshop sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. Pediatrics 2007;120:609-616.
20. Chandrasekaran A, Shah R, Crair M. Developmental homeostasis of mouse retinocollicular synapses. J Neurosci 2007;27:1746-1755.
21. Ben-Zvi A, Yagil Z, Hagalili Y, et al. Semaphorin 3A and neurotrophins: a balance between apoptosis and survival signaling in embryonic DRG neurons. J Neurochem 2006;96:585-597.
22. Hanz S, Fainzilber M. Integration of retrograde axonal and nuclear transport mechanisms in neurons: implications for therapeutics. Neuroscientist 2004;10:404-408.