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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
32
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
Recent advances in functional imaging of human brain activity in stroke patients, e.g., functional magnetic resonance imaging, have revealed that cortical hemisphere contralateral to the infarction plays an important role in the recovery process. However, underlying mechanisms occurring in contralateral hemisphere during functional recovery have not been elucidated. We experimentally induced a complete infarction of somatosensory cortex in right hemisphere of mice and examined the neuronal changes in contralateral (left) somatosensory cortex during recovery. Both basal and ipsilateral somatosensory stimuli-evoked neuronal activity in left (intact) hemisphere transiently increased 2 d after stroke, followed by an increase in the turnover rate of usually stable mushroom-type synaptic spines at 1 week, observed by using two-photon imaging in vivo. At 4 weeks after stroke, when functional recovery had occurred, a new pattern of electrical circuit activity in response to somatosensory stimuli was established in intact ipsilateral hemisphere. Thus, the left somatosensory cortex can compensate for the loss of the right somatosensory cortex by remodeling neuronal circuits and establishing new sensory processing. This finding could contribute to establish the effective clinical treatments targeted on the intact hemisphere for the recovery of impaired functions and to achieve better quality of life of patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
1529-2401
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10081-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-4-28
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19675241-6-Cyano-7-nitroquinoxaline-2,3-dione, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Action Potentials, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Brain Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Dendritic Spines, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Functional Laterality, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Neuronal Plasticity, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Physical Stimulation, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Recovery of Function, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Somatosensory Cortex, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Stroke, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Synapses, pubmed-meshheading:19675241-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuronal circuit remodeling in the contralateral cortical hemisphere during functional recovery from cerebral infarction.
pubmed:affiliation
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't