Refining the sensory and motor ratunculus of the rat upper extremity using fMRI and direct nerve stimulation

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 901-909

  Cho, Younghoon R ^a   Pawela, Christopher P ^a   Li, Rupeng ^a   Kao, Dennis ^a   Schulte, Marie L ^a   Runquist, Matthew L ^a   Yan, Ji Geng ^a   Matloub, Hani S ^a   Jaradeh, Safwan S ^a   Hudetz, Anthony G ^a   Hyde, James S ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct nerve stimulation; fMRI; Rat motor sensory homunculus; Ratunculus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORTICAL ACTIVATION; FMRI; FUNCTIONAL MRI (FMRI); NERVE STIMULATION; RATUNCULUS; STIMULATION FREQUENCIES; STIMULATION SEQUENCE;

RATS;

ARTICLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BRAIN CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; RADIAL NERVE; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 35948990086     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21408     Document Type: Article

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