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ArticleFrontiers in stroke2025

Disconnection syndromes and injury to neural systems after ischemic stroke.

Anne Schwarz, Christina K Holl, Lorie Brinkman, Andrea J Stehman, Isabel Cardoso Ferreira, Nina Soleimani, Eden Farahmand, Maeve Settle, Shivani Sakthi, Ivy Vo and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in stroke, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Anne Schwarz *Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Christina K Holl *Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Lorie BrinkmanDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Andrea J StehmanDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Isabel Cardoso FerreiraDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Nina SoleimaniDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Eden FarahmandDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Maeve SettleDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Shivani SakthiDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Ivy VoDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Natalie OlivaresDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Min-Keun SongDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Steven C CramerDepartment of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Stroke-related impairments present in wide-ranging combinations, including cognitive and upper extremity (UE) sensorimotor deficits, complicating an understanding of their relationship with the anatomy of injury. Here, we hypothesized that deficits in UE sensorimotor function, mood, and cognition would be associated with distinct patterns of neural injury, and we explored whether complex outcome measures that make both cognitive and motor demands are more vulnerable to injury-related disconnection after stroke. Methods: Subject testing included elementary sensorimotor behaviors (shoulder and finger strength [SAFE], Fugl-Meyer Assessment [FMUE], and wrist proprioception [WPST]), complex behaviors that require substantial motor and cognitive control (Box and Blocks Test [BBT] and Trail Making Test-A [TMT-A]), cognition (Montreal Cognitive Assessment [MoCA]), and mood (Geriatric Depression Scale). Infarcts were outlined on clinical scans and used to compute lesion volume, injury to the corticospinal tract (CST) as well as thalamocortical sensory tract, and measures of structural network disconnection. Associations between lesions and behavior were examined using three methods: [1] voxel-lesion-symptom mapping (VLSM) to identify lesioned voxels associated with behavioral deficits; [2] correlation, to identify bivariate relationships between neuroimaging and behavioral measures; and [3] LASSO regression to identify the most behaviorally relevant variables among neuroimaging and clinical measures. Results: Stroke patients ( Conclusion: These findings indicate that elementary UE sensorimotor behaviors are related to the integrity of regional sensorimotor system structures, but that more complex motor and cognitive behaviors are more related to intact structural connectivity between multiple brain networks.

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disconnectionimaging biomarkersmotor symptomsneural injuryneural networksnon-motor symptomsstroke

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PMID41660493
PMCPMC12879346

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