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@ARTICLE{Kleineberg:999178,
author = {Kleineberg, Nina N. and Schmidt, Claudia C. and Richter,
Monika K. and Bolte, Katharina and Schloss, Natalie and
Fink, Gereon R. and Weiss-Blankenhorn, Peter},
title = {{G}esture meaning modulates the neural correlates of
effector-specific imitation deficits in left hemisphere
stroke},
journal = {NeuroImage: Clinical},
volume = {37},
issn = {2213-1582},
address = {[Amsterdam u.a.]},
publisher = {Elsevier},
reportid = {FZJ-2023-01212},
pages = {103331 -},
year = {2023},
abstract = {BackgroundPrevious studies on left hemisphere (LH) stroke
patients reported effector-specific (hand, fingers,
bucco-facial) differences in imitation performance.
Furthermore, imitation performance differed between
meaningless (ML) and meaningful (MF) gestures. Recent work
suggests that a gesture’s meaning impacts the body-part
specificity of gesture imitation.MethodsWe tested the
hypothesis that the gesture’s meaning (ML vs MF) affects
the lesion correlates of effector-specific imitation
deficits (here: bucco-facial vs arm/hand gestures) using
behavioural data and support vector regression-based
lesion-symptom mapping (SVR-LSM) in a large sample of 194
sub-acute LH stroke patients.ResultsBehavioural data
revealed a significant interaction between the effector used
for imitation and the meaning of the imitated gesture.
SVR-LSM analyses revealed shared lesion correlates for
impaired imitation independent of effector or gesture
meaning in the left supramarginal (SMG) and superior
temporal gyri (STG). Besides, within the territory of the
left middle cerebral artery, impaired imitation of
bucco-facial gestures was associated with more anterior
lesions, while arm/hand imitation deficits were associated
with more posterior lesions. MF gestures were specifically
associated with lesions in the left inferior frontal gyrus
and the left insular region. Notably, an interaction of
effector-specificity and gesture meaning was also present at
the lesion level: A more pronounced difference in imitation
performance between the effectors for ML (versus MF)
gestures was associated with left-hemispheric lesions in the
STG, SMG, putamen, precentral gyrus and white matter
tracts.ConclusionThe current behavioural data show that ML
gestures are particularly sensitive in assessing
effector-specific imitation deficits in LH stroke patients.
Moreover, a gesture’s meaning modulated the
effector-specific lesion correlates of bucco-facial and
arm/hand gesture imitation. Hence, it is crucial to consider
gesture meaning in apraxia assessments.},
cin = {INM-3},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)INM-3-20090406},
pnm = {5252 - Brain Dysfunction and Plasticity (POF4-525) / DFG
project 431549029 - SFB 1451: Schlüsselmechanismen normaler
und krankheitsbedingt gestörter motorischer Kontrolle
(431549029)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5252 / G:(GEPRIS)431549029},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {36716655},
UT = {WOS:000976721800001},
doi = {10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103331},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/999178},
}