Tactile sensory and pain networks in the human spinal cord and brain stem mapped by means of functional MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 661-667

  Ghazni, N F ^a   Cahill, C M ^a,b   Stroman, P W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CUNEATE NUCLEUS; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRACILE NUCLEUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PAIN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; RAPHE MAGNUS NUCLEUS; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL INTENSITY ENHANCEMENT BY EXTRAVASCULAR PROTON; SPINAL CORD; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; NERVE NET; NOCICEPTORS; OXYGEN; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SOFTWARE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOUCH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950818758     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1909     Document Type: Article

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