White matter integrity is a stronger predictor of motor function than BOLD response in patients with stroke

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Qiu, Mingguo ^a   Darling, Warren G ^b   Morecraft, Robert J ^c   Ni, Chun Chun ^d   Rajendra, Justin ^d,e   Butler, Andrew J ^d,e,f  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Laterality index; Magnetic resonance imaging; Motor functional outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARM; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN INJURY; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STROKE;

EID: 79954600730     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968310389183     Document Type: Article

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