FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality: activating secondary motor areas.

Katherine August; Jeffrey A. Lewis; Gayathri Chandar; Alma Merians; Bharat Biswal; Sergei Adamovich

FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality: activating secondary motor areas.

Katherine August, Jeffrey A. Lewis, Gayathri Chandar, Alma Merians, Bharat Biswal, Sergei Adamovich

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Abstract

A pilot functional MRI study on a control subject investigated the possibility of inducing increased neural activations in primary, as well as secondary motor areas through virtual reality-based exercises of the hand. These areas are known to be important in effective motor output in stroke patients with impaired corticospinal systems. We found increased activations in these brain areas during hand exercises in VR when compared to vision of non-anthropomorphic shapes. Further studies are needed to investigate the potential of virtual reality-based rehabilitation for tapping into the properties of the mirror neuron system to stimulate plasticity in sensorimotor areas.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3692-3695
Number of pages	4
Journal	Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
State	Published - Dec 1 2006

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Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Signal Processing
Biomedical Engineering
Health Informatics

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August, K., Lewis, J. A., Chandar, G., Merians, A., Biswal, B., & Adamovich, S. (2006). FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality: activating secondary motor areas. Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference, 3692-3695.

August, Katherine ; Lewis, Jeffrey A. ; Chandar, Gayathri et al. / FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality : activating secondary motor areas. In: Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference. 2006 ; pp. 3692-3695.

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FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality: activating secondary motor areas. / August, Katherine; Lewis, Jeffrey A.; Chandar, Gayathri et al.
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FMRI analysis of neural mechanisms underlying rehabilitation in virtual reality: activating secondary motor areas.

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