2019
Structural brain network fingerprints of focal dystonia
Chirumamilla V, Dresel C, Koirala N, Gonzalez-Escamilla G, Deuschl G, Zeuner K, Muthuraman M, Groppa S. Structural brain network fingerprints of focal dystonia. Therapeutic Advances In Neurological Disorders 2019, 12: 1756286419880664. PMID: 31798688, PMCID: PMC6859688, DOI: 10.1177/1756286419880664.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBSP patientsHFS patientsBoNT treatmentHealthy controlsFocal dystoniaHemifacial spasmSensorimotor cortexFrontal cortexTemporal cortexStructural magnetic resonance imagingReduced connectivityGray matter volumeDifferent brain regionsSymptomatic reductionMovement disordersStructural brain networksGraph-based network analysisPatientsMatter volumeBlepharospasmDystoniaParietal cortexResonance imagingBrain regionsDecreased connectivity
2018
Cerebello-cortical network fingerprints differ between essential, Parkinson’s and mimicked tremors
Muthuraman M, Raethjen J, Koirala N, Anwar A, Mideksa K, Elble R, Groppa S, Deuschl G. Cerebello-cortical network fingerprints differ between essential, Parkinson’s and mimicked tremors. Brain 2018, 141: 1770-1781. PMID: 29701820, DOI: 10.1093/brain/awy098.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEssential tremorSensorimotor cortexCerebral cortexHealthy controlsPremotor cortexParkinson's diseaseVoluntary rhythmic movementsPrimary sensorimotor cortexSex-matched groupPrimary sensorimotor regionsEEG-EMG coherenceMotor performance measuresParkinson's tremorEMG oscillationsCortical efferentsSensorimotor regionsCerebellar involvementTremor severityFunctional MRICortexCerebellumDiseaseAdditional studiesTremorMulti-channel EMG