Applications of functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to neurorehabilitation of cognitive disabilities

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-57

  Arenth, Patricia M ^a   Ricker, Joseph H ^a   Schultheis, Maria T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

BRAIN HEMATOMA; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REHABILITATION PATIENT; REVIEW; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORKING MEMORY;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESEARCH; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED;

EID: 33847100365     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040600878785     Document Type: Review

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