Functional MRI and Diffusion Tensor Imaging of Brain Reorganization After Experimental Stroke

Translational Stroke Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 36-43

  Dijkhuizen, Rick M ^a   van der Marel, Kajo ^a   Otte, Willem M ^a,b   Hoff, Erik I ^c   van der Zijden, Jet P ^a   van der Toorn, Annette ^a   van Meer, Maurits P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Functional connectivity; Functional MRI; Neuronal network; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BICUCULLINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; LITHIUM; MANGANESE; PILOCARPINE; SILDENAFIL;

BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CONNECTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN REORGANIZATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMYELINIZATION; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84857577963     PISSN: 18684483     EISSN: 1868601X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12975-011-0143-8     Document Type: Review

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