Proprioceptive and tactile processing in individuals with Friedreich Ataxia, an fMRI study

Destrebecq Virginie, Rovai Antonin, Trotta Nicola, Comet Camille, Gilles Naeije, Front. Neurol. Sec. Movement Disorders, Volume 14 - 2023, doi: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1224345

Our study captured the difference between tactile and proprioceptive impairments in FA using somatosensory fMRI paradigms. The lack of correlation between the proprioceptive paradigm and ataxia clinical parameters supports a low contribution of afferent ataxia to FA clinical severity

Proprioceptive and tactile processing in individuals with Friedreich Ataxia, an fMRI study