《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (4): 382-387.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2020.04.003

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Metabolism Levels in Precentral Gyrus of Patients after Spinal Cord Injury

LI Ya-jing1,2,3,4,5,LI Jian-jun1,2,3,4,5(),GAO Feng1,2,3,4,5,GUO Yun6,LIU Jun1,2,3,4,5,XU Pei-pei1,2,3,4,5   

  1. 1. Capital Medical University School of Rehabilitation Medicine, Beijing 100068, China
    2. Department of Spinal and Neural Function Reconstruction, Beijing Bo'ai Hospital, China Rehabilitation Research Center, Beijing 100068, China
    3. China Institute of Rehabilitation Science, Beijing 100068, China
    4. Center of Neural Injury and Repair, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders, Beijing 100068, China
    5. Beijing Key Laboratory of Neural Injury and Rehabilitation, Beijing 100068, China
    6. Beijing Tsinghua Changgeng Hospital, Beijing 102218, China
  • Received:2019-11-24 Revised:2020-03-06 Published:2020-04-25 Online:2020-04-27
  • Contact: LI Jian-jun E-mail:crrc100@163.com
  • Supported by:
    China Rehabilitation Research Center Project(2018ZX-5);Central Public Welfare Research Institutes Special Fund For Basic Scientific Research(2019CZ-1);Beijing Science and Technology Plan (Major)(D161100002816004);Capital Health Development Special Project(2018-1-6011)

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the changes of metabolite concentration in the precentral gyrus (primary motor cortex, M1) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.Methods From December, 2018 to October, 2019, 20 SCI patients and 15 healthy controls were scaned with magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure the concentrations of N-acetylaspartate (NAA), choline (Cho), creatine (Cr) and myo-inositol (MI) in region of interest (ROI) of left M1. Results Concentration of MI was more in the patients than in the controls (t = 3.745, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the concentrations of NAA, Cho and Cr, as well as the ratios of NAA/Cr, Cho/Cr, Cho/NAA between the patients and the controls ( t < 1.431, P > 0.05). Conclusion There may be hyperplasia of glial cells in M1 of SCI patients, indicating compensatory repair in cerebral motor cortex.

Key words: spinal cord injury, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, precentral gyrus, primary motor cortex, gial cells, hyperplasia, repair

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