Journal article
Laterality affects spontaneous recovery of contralateral hand motor function following motor cortex injury in rhesus monkeys
Experimental brain research, Vol.228(1), pp.9-24
05/08/2013
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-013-3533-1
PMCID: PMC4799493
PMID: 23652723
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to test whether brain laterality influences spontaneous recovery of hand motor function after controlled brain injuries to arm areas of M1 and lateral premotor cortex (LPMC) of the hemisphere contralateral to the preferred hand in rhesus monkeys. We hypothesized that monkeys with stronger hand preference would exhibit poorer recovery of skilled hand use after such brain injury. Degree of handedness was assessed using a standard dexterity board task in which subjects could use either hand to retrieve small food pellets. Fine hand/digit motor function was assessed using a modified dexterity board before and after the M1 and LPMC lesions in ten monkeys. We found a strong negative relationship between the degree of handedness and the recovery of manipulation skill, demonstrating that higher hand preference was associated with poorer recovery of hand fine motor function. We also observed that monkeys with larger lesions within M1 and LPMC had greater initial impairment of manipulation and poorer recovery of reaching skill. We conclude that monkeys with a stronger hand preference are likely to show poorer recovery of contralesional hand fine motor skill after isolated brain lesions affecting the lateral frontal motor areas. These data may be extended to suggest that humans who exhibit weak hand dominance, and perhaps individuals who use both hands for fine motor tasks, may have a more favorable potential for recovery after a unilateral stroke or brain injury affecting the lateral cortical motor areas than individuals with a high degree of hand dominance.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Laterality affects spontaneous recovery of contralateral hand motor function following motor cortex injury in rhesus monkeys
- Creators
- Warren G Darling - University of IowaNicole Helle - University of IowaMarc A Pizzimenti - University of IowaDiane L Rotella - University of IowaStephanie M Hynes - University of IowaJizhi Ge - University of South DakotaKimberly S Stilwell-Morecraft - University of South DakotaRobert J Morecraft - University of South Dakota
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Experimental brain research, Vol.228(1), pp.9-24
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00221-013-3533-1
- PMID
- 23652723
- PMCID
- PMC4799493
- NLM abbreviation
- Exp Brain Res
- ISSN
- 0014-4819
- eISSN
- 1432-1106
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/08/2013
- Academic Unit
- Anatomy and Cell Biology; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science; Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984259394202771
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