在皮层之外:脑小叶对中风幸存者的言语无力症的贡献
Makayla Gibson1, Alberto Maydeu-Olivares1, Roger Newman-Norlund1
1Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA.
概括
右小脑灰质体积的减少与中风后语音失调 (AOS) 严重程度的增加有关. 这突出了小脑在言语运动控制中的作用,并提出了新的康复目标.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 神经学 神经学
- 语音语言病理学 语言病理学
背景情况:
- 语音失调 (AOS) 是一种运动语音障碍,影响语音规划和协调,经常在左半球中风后出现.
- 虽然皮质损伤通常与此有关,小脑对AOS严重性的贡献尚未得到充分理解.
- 现有的AOS模型主要集中在皮质结构上,使潜在的小脑参与未得到充分研究.
研究的目的:
- 研究大脑小脑灰质体积与左半球皮质中风患者慢性语音失语 (AOS) 严重程度之间的关联.
- 为了确定特定的小脑区域是否与AOS严重程度更为密切相关.
- 探索小脑在言语运动控制中的作用,超出已建立的皮质路径.
主要方法:
- 分析了阿法西亚恢复队列中142名参与者的结构性MRI扫描.
- 通过使用先进的神经成像软件 (MATLAB,SPM12,CAT12,SUIT atlas) 提取区域大脑小脑灰质体积.
- 统计分析,包括多重线性回归和部分相关性,检查了小脑体积和AOS严重程度之间的关系,控制了诸如损伤体积和中风后时间等共变量.
主要成果:
- 在特定的右小脑区域 (包括V 叶片,VI 叶片和VIIb 叶片) 的灰质体积减少与更大的AOS严重程度显著相关.
- 与左半球相比,右半球小脑与AOS严重程度的关联较强.
- 较弱的关联在异关节炎的模型中被发现,这表明对AOS的特异性.
结论:
- 小脑结构完整性,特别是在对侧右半球,是左半球中风后AOS严重性的重要预测因素.
- 这些发现挑战了传统的AOS模型,证明小脑的关键作用,并主张将其纳入未来的模型.
- 针对小脑的干预措施可能为改善中风后AOS康复的言语结果提供新的治疗途径.
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