Saturday, September 2, 2023

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