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Developmental changes of cortical and cerebellar motor control: a clinical positron emission tomography study with children and adults.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9853648     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Functional neuroimaging data regarding the development of motor organization in normal children and adolescents are virtually unavailable because of ethical concerns. As an alternative approach, we studied child and adult lesion patients, focusing on movement of the hand ipsilateral to the lesion and on brain activations in the contralesional hemisphere. [15O]-water positron emission tomography was performed during rest and sequential finger-thumb tapping in 10 children (aged 6 to 14 years) and 15 adults (aged 18 to 74 years) with unilateral lesion. We expected more distinct activation/deactivation patterns during movement in adults than in children. While there were no group differences in activation of primary and secondary motor cortices, deactivations in nonmotor cortex were significantly more pronounced in adults than in children. This indirectly supports our hypothesis of developmental focalization of cerebral motor control. Activations in the cerebellum and vermis were significantly stronger in the adults than in the children, possibly reflecting normal developmental patterns.
Authors:
R A Müller; R D Rothermel; M E Behen; O Muzik; T J Mangner; H T Chugani
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of child neurology     Volume:  13     ISSN:  0883-0738     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Child Neurol.     Publication Date:  1998 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-03-05     Completed Date:  1999-03-05     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8606714     Medline TA:  J Child Neurol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  550-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Wayne State University Medical School, Detroit, MI, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aging / physiology*
Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology
Cerebellum / physiology*,  radionuclide imaging
Cerebral Cortex / physiology*,  radionuclide imaging
Cerebrovascular Circulation
Child
Epilepsy / physiopathology
Female
Fingers / physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Motor Skills / physiology*
Movement / physiology
Tomography, Emission-Computed

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