Beyond the lesion: Neuroimaging foundations for post-stroke recovery

Future Neurology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 507-527

  Carey, Leeanne M ^a,b   Seitz, Rüdiger J ^c,d   Parsons, Mark ^e,f   Levi, Christopher ^e,f   Farquharson, Shawna ^a,g   Tournier, Jacques Donald ^a   Palmer, Susan ^a   Connelly, Alan ^a  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LVR Institute for Healthcare Research   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

brain networks; cortical; intrinsic functional connectivity; neuroimaging; penumbra; rehabilitation; stroke recovery; thickness; white matter tractography

Indexed keywords

BRAIN REGION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONNECTOME; CONVALESCENCE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PENUMBRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84883412731     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.13.39     Document Type: Review

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