Patterns of Spontaneous Brain Activity in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Resting-State fMRI Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Luo, ChunYan ^a   Chen, Qin ^a   Huang, Rui ^a   Chen, XuePing ^a   Chen, Ke ^a   Huang, XiaoQi ^a   Tang, HeHan ^a   Gong, QiYong ^a,b   Shang, Hui Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE OF LOW FREQUENCY FLUCTUATION; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BOLD SIGNAL; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL CORTEX;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866704739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045470     Document Type: Article

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