Changes in functional magnetic resonance imaging cortical activation after decompression of cervical spondylosis: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Tam, Samantha ^a   Barry, Robert L ^b   Bartha, Robert ^b   Duggal, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortical activation; Cervical spondylosis; Decompression; Functional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONVALESCENCE; DYSPRAXIA; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT DISORDER; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JAPANESE ORTHOPEDIC ASSOCIATION SCALE; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NECK DISABILITY INDEX; NURICK NEUROLOGICAL FUNCTION SCORE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARESIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 77956181721     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000374848.86299.17     Document Type: Article

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