Keywords:
Head and neck, Paediatric, Trauma, MR, MR-Functional imaging, Statistics
Authors:
M. Ublinskiy, N. Semenova, T. Akhadov, P. E. P. Menshchikov, A. Manzhurtsev, I. Melnikov, M. Akhlebinina; Moscow/RU
DOI:
10.26044/ecr2019/C-1834
Conclusion
One of the most common symptoms of mTBI is dizziness as a result of impaired movements coordination [4].
Cerebellum plays an important role in motor control in human brain.
Flocculus as an essential cerebellum part (see Figure 3) plays an important role in the vestibulo-ocular system which is involved in the learning of basic motor skills in the brain [5].
Flocculus aids in the synchronization of eye and motor functions in order for the visual field and the motor skills to function together [6].
Flocculus functional integrity could suffer as a result of brain concussion.
Our results show that mTBI appears to be a possible reason of connectivity malfunction in normal-appearing flocculus.
Conclusion:
Our study demonstrate disrupted functional connectivity between DMN areas and flocculus.
This fact may indicate a functioning violation in normal-appearing cerebellum as a result of concussion in patients with mTBI.
Resting-state functional MRI could serve as a potential marker for mTBI improved analysis.