Changes in cortical excitability are considered to play an important role in promoting brain plasticity both in healthy people and in neurological diseases. Hydrocephalus is a brain development disorder related to an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricular system. The functional relevance of cortical structural changes described in this disease is largely unexplored in human. We investigated cortical excitability using multimodal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in a case of congenital hydrocephalus with almost no neurological signs.
Guerra, A., Curcio, G., Pasqualetti, P., Bressi, F., Petrichella, S., Scrascia, F., Ponzo, D., Ferilli, M., Vernieri, F., Rossini, P. M., Ferreri, F., Unilateral cortical hyperexcitability in congenital hydrocephalus: a TMS study, <<NEUROCASE>>, 2014; 20 (4): 456-465. [doi:10.1080/13554794.2013.791866] [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/63918]
Unilateral cortical hyperexcitability in congenital hydrocephalus: a TMS study
Rossini, Paolo Maria;
2014
Abstract
Changes in cortical excitability are considered to play an important role in promoting brain plasticity both in healthy people and in neurological diseases. Hydrocephalus is a brain development disorder related to an excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricular system. The functional relevance of cortical structural changes described in this disease is largely unexplored in human. We investigated cortical excitability using multimodal transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) in a case of congenital hydrocephalus with almost no neurological signs.
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