Optimizing the mapping of finger areas in primary somatosensory cortex using functional MRI

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1342-1351

  Weibull, Andreas ^a   Björkman, Anders ^a   Hall, Henrik ^a   Rosén, Birgitta ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a   Svensson, Jonas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fMRI; Spatial resolution; Spatial smoothing; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 55949113827     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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