TY - JOUR UR - https://doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.121.025109 TI - Chronic Stroke Sensorimotor Impairment Is Related to Smaller Hippocampal Volumes: An ENIGMA Analysis KW - MRI KW - hippocampus KW - sensorimotor impairment KW - stroke N2 - Background Persistent sensorimotor impairments after stroke can negatively impact quality of life. The hippocampus is vulnerable to poststroke secondary degeneration and is involved in sensorimotor behavior but has not been widely studied within the context of poststroke upper-limb sensorimotor impairment. We investigated associations between non-lesioned hippocampal volume and upper limb sensorimotor impairment in people with chronic stroke, hypothesizing that smaller ipsilesional hippocampal volumes would be associated with greater sensorimotor impairment. Methods and Results Cross-sectional T1-weighted magnetic resonance images of the brain were pooled from 357 participants with chronic stroke from 18 research cohorts of the ENIGMA (Enhancing NeuoImaging Genetics through Meta-Analysis) Stroke Recovery Working Group. Sensorimotor impairment was estimated from the FMA-UE (Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Upper Extremity). Robust mixed-effects linear models were used to test associations between poststroke sensorimotor impairment and hippocampal volumes (ipsilesional and contralesional separately; Bonferroni-corrected, P<0.025), controlling for age, sex, lesion volume, and lesioned hemisphere. In exploratory analyses, we tested for a sensorimotor impairment and sex interaction and relationships between lesion volume, sensorimotor damage, and hippocampal volume. Greater sensorimotor impairment was significantly associated with ipsilesional (P=0.005; ?=0.16) but not contralesional (P=0.96; ?=0.003) hippocampal volume, independent of lesion volume and other covariates (P=0.001; ?=0.26). Women showed progressively worsening sensorimotor impairment with smaller ipsilesional (P=0.008; ?=-0.26) and contralesional (P=0.006; ?=-0.27) hippocampal volumes compared with men. Hippocampal volume was associated with lesion size (P<0.001; ?=-0.21) and extent of sensorimotor damage (P=0.003; ?=-0.15). Conclusions The present study identifies novel associations between chronic poststroke sensorimotor impairment and ipsilesional hippocampal volume that are not caused by lesion size and may be stronger in women. IS - 10 PB - Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) VL - 11 A1 - Zavaliangos-Petropulu, Artemis A1 - Lo, Bethany A1 - Donnelly, Miranda R A1 - Schweighofer, Nicolas A1 - Lohse, Keith A1 - Jahanshad, Neda A1 - Barisano, Giuseppe A1 - Banaj, Nerisa A1 - Borich, Michael R A1 - Boyd, Lara A A1 - Buetefisch, Cathrin M A1 - Byblow, Winston D A1 - Cassidy, Jessica M A1 - Charalambous, Charalambos C A1 - Conforto, Adriana B A1 - DiCarlo, Julie A A1 - Dula, Adrienne N A1 - Egorova-Brumley, Natalia A1 - Etherton, Mark R A1 - Feng, Wuwei A1 - Fercho, Kelene A A1 - Geranmayeh, Fatemeh A1 - Hanlon, Colleen A A1 - Hayward, Kathryn S A1 - Hordacre, Brenton A1 - Kautz, Steven A A1 - Khlif, Mohamed Salah A1 - Kim, Hosung A1 - Kuceyeski, Amy A1 - Lin, David J A1 - Liu, Jingchun A1 - Lotze, Martin A1 - MacIntosh, Bradley J A1 - Margetis, John L A1 - Mohamed, Feroze B A1 - Piras, Fabrizio A1 - Ramos-Murguialday, Ander A1 - Revill, Kate P A1 - Roberts, Pamela S A1 - Robertson, Andrew D A1 - Schambra, Heidi M A1 - Seo, Na Jin A1 - Shiroishi, Mark S A1 - Stinear, Cathy M A1 - Soekadar, Surjo R A1 - Spalletta, Gianfranco A1 - Taga, Myriam A1 - Tang, Wai Kwong A1 - Thielman, Gregory T A1 - Vecchio, Daniela A1 - Ward, Nick S A1 - Westlye, Lars T A1 - Werden, Emilio A1 - Winstein, Carolee A1 - Wittenberg, George F A1 - Wolf, Steven L A1 - Wong, Kristin A A1 - Yu, Chunshui A1 - Brodtmann, Amy A1 - Cramer, Steven C A1 - Thompson, Paul M A1 - Liew, Sook-Lei Y1 - 2022/05/17/ ID - discovery10149103 N1 - © 2022 The Authors. Published on behalf of the American Heart Association, Inc., by Wiley. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License. JF - Journal of the American Heart Association AV - public ER -