Structural Connectivity Affecting Aspiration After Stroke

AlexandrosSfakianakis shared this article with you from Inoreader Structural Connectivity Affecting Aspiration After Stroke via Dysphagia In this study, we investigated brain structural connectivity associated with aspiration after unilateral supratentorial stroke. Patients on oral feeding after stroke were divided into liquid aspiration (22 patients) and normal (18 patients) groups based on videofluoroscopic swallowing studies. Voxel-based lesion –symptom mapping and voxel-wise group comparison of fractional anisotropy, mode of anisotropy, and mean diffusivity maps were conducted. Voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping revealed no significant lesion differences between groups. The aspiration group showed significantly increased fractional an isotropy and mode of anisotropy in the anterior limb and the genu of the internal capsule in the right hemisphere. In contrast, the normal group showed significantly increased mean diff... View on Web

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