Lesion network mapping of eye-opening apraxia
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Apraxia of eyelid opening (or eye-opening apraxia) is characterized by the inability to voluntarily open the eyes because of impaired supranuclear control. Here, we examined the neural substrates implicated in eye-opening apraxia through lesion network mapping. We analysed brain lesions from 27 eye-opening apraxia stroke patients and compared them with lesions from 20 aphasia and 45 hemiballismus patients serving as controls. Lesions were mapped onto a standard brain atlas using resting-state functional MRI data derived from 966 healthy adults in the Harvard Dataverse. Our analyses revealed that most eye-opening apraxia-associated lesions occurred in the right hemisphere, with subcortical or mixed cortical/subcortical involvement. Despite their anatomical heterogeneity, these lesions functionally converged on the bilateral dorsal anterior and posterior insula. The functional connectivity map for eye-opening apraxia was distinct from those for aphasia and hemiballismus. Hemiballismus lesions predominantly mapped onto the putamen, particularly the posterolateral region, while aphasia lesions were localized to language-processing regions, primarily within the frontal operculum. In summary, in patients with eye-opening apraxia, disruptions in the dorsal anterior and posterior insula may compromise their capacity to initiate the appropriate eyelid-opening response to relevant interoceptive and exteroceptive stimuli, implicating a complex interplay between salience detection and motor execution.
Original language | English |
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Journal | Brain Communications |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 6 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISSN | 2632-1297 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
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- aphasia, eye-opening apraxia, fMRI, hemiballismus, lesion network mapping
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