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. 1994 Sep 27;91(20):9612–9616. doi: 10.1073/pnas.91.20.9612

Functional magnetic resonance studies of the reorganization of the human hand sensorimotor area after unilateral brain injury in the perinatal period.

Y Cao 1, E M Vikingstad 1, P R Huttenlocher 1, V L Towle 1, D N Levin 1
PMCID: PMC44863  PMID: 7937815

Abstract

Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to map the hand sensorimotor area of hemiparetic adolescents and young adults who had suffered unilateral brain damage in the perinatal period. Unlike normal subjects, who exhibit cortical activation primarily contralateral to voluntary finger movements, the hemiparetic patients' intact hemispheres were equally activated by contralateral and ipsilateral finger movements. Our findings are consistent with previous clinical observations and animal experiments which suggest that the immature brain is able to reorganize in response to focal injury.

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