Cerebral palsy update

I Krägeloh-Mann, C Cans - Brain and development, 2009 - Elsevier
A common language on CP has been developed for the European registers by the SCPE
(Surveillance of Cerebral Palsy in Europe) working group and the common database allows …

Early diagnosis and early intervention in cerebral palsy

M Hadders-Algra - Frontiers in neurology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
This paper reviews the opportunities and challenges for early diagnosis and early
intervention in cerebral palsy (CP). CP describes a group of disorders of the development of …

Rehabilitation and neuroplasticity in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

LB Reid, SE Rose, RN Boyd - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Cerebral palsy is a childhood-onset, lifelong neurological disorder that primarily impairs
motor function. Unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP), which impairs use of one hand and perturbs …

Neuronal migration disorders

R Guerrini, E Parrini - Neurobiology of disease, 2010 - Elsevier
Lissencephaly–pachygyria-severe band heterotopia are diffuse neuronal migration
disorders (NMDs) causing severe, global neurological impairment. Abnormalities of the …

Reorganization after pre‐and perinatal brain lesions

M Staudt - Journal of Anatomy, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The developing human brain can compensate for pre‐and perinatally acquired focal lesions
more effectively than the adult brain. The mechanisms by which this effective reorganization …

Perinatal stroke: mapping and modulating developmental plasticity

A Kirton, MJ Metzler, BT Craig, A Hilderley… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Most cases of hemiparetic cerebral palsy are caused by perinatal stroke, resulting in lifelong
disability for millions of people. However, our understanding of how the motor system …

Abnormal development of the human cerebral cortex: genetics, functional consequences and treatment options

R Guerrini, WB Dobyns, AJ Barkovich - Trends in neurosciences, 2008 - cell.com
Genetic studies have identified several of the genes associated with malformations of
cortical development which might disrupt each of the main stages of cell proliferation and …

Hand function in relation to brain lesions and corticomotor‐projection pattern in children with unilateral cerebral palsy

L Holmström, B Vollmer, K Tedroff… - … Medicine & Child …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To investigate relationships between hand function, brain lesions, and corticomotor
projections in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP). Method The study included 17 …

Perinatal brain damage in children: neuroplasticity, early intervention, and molecular mechanisms of recovery

G Cioni, G D'Acunto, A Guzzetta - Progress in brain research, 2011 - Elsevier
During the perinatal period, the nervous system is very vulnerable to insult. At this time, the
brain undergoes fast and complex maturational processes such as synaptogenesis …

The corticospinal tract: a biomarker to categorize upper limb functional potential in unilateral cerebral palsy

E Jaspers, WD Byblow, H Feys, N Wenderoth - Frontiers in pediatrics, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Children with unilateral cerebral palsy (CP) typically present with largely divergent upper
limb sensorimotor deficits and individual differences in response to upper limb rehabilitation …