Short-term BCI intervention enhances functional brain connectivity associated with motor performance in chronic stroke
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103772" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.nicl.2025.103772</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Short-term BCI intervention enhances functional brain connectivity associated with motor performance in chronic stroke
Original language description
Background: Evidence suggests that brain-computer interface (BCI)-based rehabilitation strategies show promise in overcoming the limited recovery potential in the chronic phase of stroke. However, the specific mechanisms driving motor function improvements are not fully understood. Objective: We aimed at elucidating the potential functional brain connectivity changes induced by BCI training in participants with chronic stroke. Methods: A longitudinal crossover design was employed with two groups of participants over the span of 4 weeks to allow for within-subject (n = 21) and cross-group comparisons. Group 1 (n = 11) underwent a 6-day motor imagery-based BCI training during the second week, whereas Group 2 (n = 10) received the same training during the third week. Before and after each week, both groups underwent resting state functional MRI scans (4 for Group 1 and 5 for Group 2) to establish a baseline and monitor the effects of BCI training. Results: Following BCI training, an increased functional connectivity was observed between the medial prefrontal cortex of the default mode network (DMN) and motor-related areas, including the premotor cortex, superior parietal cortex, SMA, and precuneus. Moreover, these changes were correlated with the increased motor function as confirmed with upper-extremity Fugl-Meyer assessment scores, measured before and after the training. Conclusions: Our findings suggest that BCI training can enhance brain connectivity, underlying the observed improvements in motor function. They provide a basis for developing novel rehabilitation approaches using noninvasive brain stimulation for targeting functionally relevant brain regions, thereby augmenting BCI-induced neuroplasticity and enhancing motor recovery.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
30103 - Neurosciences (including psychophysiology)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
NeuroImage. Clinical
ISSN
2213-1582
e-ISSN
2213-1582
Volume of the periodical
46
Issue of the periodical within the volume
March
Country of publishing house
NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
103772
UT code for WoS article
001470930900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105002330903