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Cerebral activation patterns in patients with writer's cramp: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Authors:Christine Preibisch  Daniela Berg  Erich Hofmann  Laszlo Solymosi  Markus Naumann
Institution:Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universit?t, Josef-Schneider-Stra?e 11, 97080 Würzburg,Germany, Tel.: +49-931-2012621, Fax: +49-9367-980388, e-mail: naumann@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de, DE
Abstract:Functional MRI (fMRI), visualizing changes in cerebral blood oxygenation, has to date not been performed either in patients with writer's cramp or in healthy subjects during writing. We compared the cerebral and cerebellar activation pattern of 12 patients with writer's cramp during writing with a group of 10 healthy subjects performing the same tasks over 30-s periods of rest or writing. Sixty echo planar imaging multi-slice datasets were analysed using SPM96 software. Data were analysed for each subject individually and groupwise for patients vs. controls. Healthy subjects showed a significant activation of the ipsilateral dentate nucleus, contralateral cerebellar hemisphere, contralateral primary sensorimotor cortex, and contralateral precentral gyrus during writing. Patients with writer's cramp showed significantly greater activation of the ipsilateral cerebellar hemisphere than controls. Also the activation in the primary sensorimotor cortex extended further caudally and anteriorly towards the premotor association area. Activation was observed in the thalamus during writing only among the patients. Our results indicate an increased basal ganglia output via the thalamus to the motor and premotor cortical areas in dystonia patients and support the notion of disinhibition of the motor cortex leading to coconcentrations and dystonic postures. Received: 10 November 1999 / Received in revised form: 4 April 2000 / Accepted: 26 April 2000
Keywords:Functional magnetic resonance imaging  Writer's cramp  Cerebral and cerebellar activation pattern
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