Contribution of changes in the spinal cord and brain to the onset and progression of hand clumsiness symptoms in cervical spondylotic myelopathy.
Yan LiJianchao ChangKun ZhuSiya ZhangJunxun ZuoBingyong XieHaoyu NiJiyuan YaoZhibin XuSicheng BianTingfei YanXianyong WuSenlin ChenWeiming JinYing WangPeng XuPeiwen SongYuanyuan WuCailiang ShenJiajia ZhuYongqiang YuFulong DongPublished in: Journal of neurosurgery. Spine (2024)
Alterations within brain regions associated with the visual cortex, the fronto-parietal-occipital attention network, and spinal cord pathways appear to play a substantial role in the emergence and progression of HCL symptoms. Furthermore, the existence of a potential connection between the spinal cord and the brain suggests that this link might be related to the clinical symptoms of CSM.