RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Persistence of Congenital Mirror Movements after Hemiplegic Stroke
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 831
OP 834
VO 26
IS 4
A1 Rocca, Maria A.
A1 Mezzapesa, Domenico M.
A1 Comola, Maurom
A1 Leocani, Letizia
A1 Falini, Andrea
A1 Gatti, Roberto
A1 Mammi, Silvia
A1 Comi, Giancarlo
A1 Filippi, Massimo
YR 2005
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/4/831.abstract
AB Summary: We describe a case of hereditary congenital mirror movements (MMs) in a 76-year-old man, who after an ischemic stroke, had persistence of MMs in the paretic hand during voluntary movements of the contralateral arm. By using functional MR imaging to investigate the performance of motor and sensory tasks with the affected and the unaffected hands, we found evidence for increased ipsilateral primary motor cortex activity and reduced transcallosal inhibition. Both these mechanisms are likely to be involved in the genesis of MMs.