Effect of median-nerve electrical stimulation on BOLD activity in acute ischemic stroke patients

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 142-153

  Manganotti, P ^a,b   Storti, S F ^a   Formaggio, E ^b   Acler, M ^a   Zoccatelli, G ^c   Pizzini, F B ^c   Alessandrini, F ^c   Bertoldo, A ^d   Toffolo, G M ^d   Bovi, P ^c   Beltramello, A ^c   Moretto, G ^c   Fiaschi, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute stroke; FMRI; Median nerve stimulation; Motor recovery; Sensory motor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROIMAGING; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STROKE PATIENT; THALAMUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84655169664     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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