Imaging brain plasticity: Conceptual and methodological issues - A theoretical review

NeuroImage

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-13

  Poldrack, Russell A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 0033862074     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2000.0596     Document Type: Review

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