Melissa K Boguslawski, David K Lohrmann, Catherine Sherwood-Laughlin, Suzanne Eckes, Andrea K Chomistek, Trent Applegate
Elementary School Personnel and Cultural Factors Affecting Health Education Implementation in the High-Stakes Testing Era
The Journal of school health
previous studies suggested ischemic stroke result white matter fiber injury modifications structural brain network however relationship balance function scores remains insufficiently explored therefore study aims explore alterations microstructural properties brain white matter topological characteristics structural brain network postischemic stroke patients potential correlations balance function enrolled 21 postischemic stroke patients 21 age sex educationmatched healthy controls hc participants underwent balance function assessment brain diffusion tensor imaging tractbased spatial statistics tbss used compare fractional anisotropy mean diffusivity axial diffusivity radial diffusivity white matter fibers two groups white matter structural brain network constructed based automated anatomical labeling atlas conducted graph theorybased analysis topological properties including global network properties local node properties additionally correlation significant structural differences balance function score analyzed tbss results showed comparison hc postischemic stroke patients exhibited extensive damage wholebrain white matter fiber tracts p 005 graph theory analysis showed comparison hc postischemic stroke patients exhibited statistically significant reductions values global efficiency local efficiency clustering coefficient well increase characteristic path length p 005 addition degree centrality nodal efficiency nodes postischemic stroke patients significantly reduced p 005 white matter fibers entire brain postischemic stroke patients extensively damaged topological properties structural brain network altered closely related balance function study helpful understanding neural mechanism balance function ischemic stroke white matter fiber structural brain network topological properties