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. 2011 Dec 3;1(1):93–104. doi: 10.1159/000333381

Table 2.

BOLD brain activation pattern and voxel counts in BA 4, BA 6 and cerebellum in the MSC and the control group

Group Task Baseline
8 weeks
24 weeks
BA4
LI of CL BA4 BA6
LI of CL BA6 CB
I CB activ. ratio BA4
LI of CL BA4 BA6
LI of CL BA6 CB
I CB activ. ratio BA4
LI of CL BA4 BA6
LI of CL BA6 CB
I CB activ. ratio
L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R
MSC LFM 59 1 86 150 0.27 176 390 1 250 1 176 866 1,254 0.98 660 1

MSC LFM 786 −1 1,044 −1 670 230 −0.6 946 179 0.84 220 220 0 620 3,330 0.66 7,270 7,270 0

MSC LFM 172 256 0.19 1,012 1 13 734 0.96 430 1 232 1 65 1,544 0.95 640 730 0.46

MSC RFM 78 1 6,490 1 513 1 513 1 540 1 543 1 634 866 0.57

MSC LFM 10 24 0.72 98 462 0.65 229 1 14 78 0.78 47 1,126 0.91 1,344 1 770 1 1,801 1

MSC LFM 239 1 56 140 0.42 44 142 0.23 605 1 575 1 221 1 550 1 110 430 0.59 1,012 572 0.63

C RFM 499 1 371 1 643 1 329 465 0.41 712 650 650

C LFM 586 1 1,238 748 0.62 212 1 824 1 1,295 382 0.77 350 1 724 1 138 461

C LFM 132 1 221 257 0.11 112 223 0.33 650 1 13 730 0.96 230 1 750 1 830 1 212 1

C RFM 138 1 1,893 1,462 0.12 712 223 0.49 232 462 0.66 532 126 0.61 512 512 0.5

C RFM 812 421 0.31 232 1 289 631 0.69 1,627 1 1,462 1 1,128 1 1,192- 1 931 1 720

C LFM 2,861 1 2,861 1 2,861 1 3,542 1 4,180 1 3,881 1 2,921 1 2,691 2,691 0.5

C = Control; L = left; R = right; RFM/LFM = right/left fist making; CB = cerebellum; BA 4 = primary motor cortex; BA 6 = supplementary/premotor cortex; BA 1–3 = sensory motor cortices; LI = (CL – I)/(CL + I); CL = contralateral (to the paretic hand); I = ipsilateral (to the paretic hand); CB ratio = I CB/(I CB + CL CB); cluster: 2*2*2 mm3.