Children with cerebral palsy have uncharacteristic somatosensory cortical oscillations after stimulation of the hand mechanoreceptors.

NE-Munroe-Meyer Institute of Genetics & Rehabilitation, UCEDD/LEND
Program Type	UCEDD	Fiscal Year	2016
Date of Publication	10/2015	Author(s)	Max Kurz
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Children with cerebral palsy have uncharacteristic somatosensory cortical oscillations after stimulation of the hand mechanoreceptors.
Neuroscience
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Brief Description	Numerous clinical investigations have reported that children with cerebral palsy (CP) have tactile discrimination deficits that likely limit their ability to plan and manipulate objects. Despite this clinical awareness, we still have a substantial knowledge gap in our understanding of the neurological basis for these tactile discrimination deficits. Previously, we have shown that children with CP have aberrant thetaalpha (414 Hz) oscillations in the somatosensory cortices following tactile stimulation of the foot. In this investigation, we evaluated if these aberrant thetaalpha oscillations also extend to the hand. Magnetoencephalography was used to evaluate event-related changes in the thetaalpha and beta (1834 Hz) somatosensory cortical oscillations in groups of children with CP and typically developing (TD) children following tactile stimulation of their hands. Our results showed that the somatosensory thetaalpha oscillations were relatively intact in children with CP, which i

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Name	Max Kurz, Ph.D.
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