Functional and structural brain remodeling in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy following cervical decompression surgery
Our study reveals functional alterations within the brain are closely associated with effective surgical recovery, especially concerning the remodeling of the ascending and descending pathways along the brain-spinal cord axis. Moreover, macrostructural changes manifest more gradually, with the recovery of brain function depending more on compensation and remodeling within neural networks than solely on structural restoration.
Authors
- Fulong Dong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4652-1293)
- Sicheng Bian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9527-2102)
- Yongqiang Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8977-2215)
- Bing Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2335-5966)
- Xianyong Wu
- Kun Zhu
- Yuanyuan Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-5366)
- Zhibin Xu
- Haoxiang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5395-7668)
- Peiwen Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7423-3729)
- Haoyu Ni
- Jiyuan Yao
Institutions
- Anhui Medical University (CN)
- Anqing City Hospital (CN)
- First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University (CN)
- First People's Hospital of Chongqing (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Communications Medicine
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-025-00909-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.01