Functional MRI in malformations of cortical development: Activation of dysplastic tissue and functional reorganization

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 296-305

  Vitali, Paolo ^a,b   Minati, Ludovico ^b   D'Incerti, Ludovico ^b   MacCagnano, Elio ^b   Mavilio, Nicola ^a   Capello, Dario ^a   Dylgjeri, Suela ^b   Rodriguez, Guido ^a   Franceschetti, Silvana ^b   Spreafico, Roberto ^b   Villani, Flavio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Functional reorganization; Malformations of cortical development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MALFORMATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HETEROTOPIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MICROGYRIA; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 51349096928     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2007.00164.x     Document Type: Article

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