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Front Neurol. 2016 Mar 31;7:35. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00035. eCollection 2016.

Magnetoencephalography in Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation.

Frontiers in neurology

Andrea Paggiaro, Niels Birbaumer, Marianna Cavinato, Cristina Turco, Emanuela Formaggio, Alessandra Del Felice, Stefano Masiero, Francesco Piccione

Affiliations

  1. Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Magnetoencephalography, Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Care and Research, S.Camillo Hospital Foundation , Venice , Italy.
  2. Laboratory of Neurophysiology and Magnetoencephalography, Department of Neurophysiology, Institute of Care and Research, S.Camillo Hospital Foundation, Venice, Italy; Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
  3. Section of Rehabilitation, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova , Padova , Italy.

PMID: 27065338 PMCID: PMC4815903 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2016.00035

Abstract

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a non-invasive neurophysiological technique used to study the cerebral cortex. Currently, MEG is mainly used clinically to localize epileptic foci and eloquent brain areas in order to avoid damage during neurosurgery. MEG might, however, also be of help in monitoring stroke recovery and rehabilitation. This review focuses on experimental use of MEG in neurorehabilitation. MEG has been employed to detect early modifications in neuroplasticity and connectivity, but there is insufficient evidence as to whether these methods are sensitive enough to be used as a clinical diagnostic test. MEG has also been exploited to derive the relationship between brain activity and movement kinematics for a motor-based brain-computer interface. In the current body of experimental research, MEG appears to be a powerful tool in neurorehabilitation, but it is necessary to produce new data to confirm its clinical utility.

Keywords: brain–computer interface; connectivity; magnetoencephalography; rehabilitation; stroke

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