A cerebral blood flow evaluation during cognitive tasks following a cervical spinal cord injury: a case study using transcranial Doppler recordings

Cognitive Neurodynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 615-626

  Bleton, Héloïse ^a   Sejdić, Ervin ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow velocity; Cognitive tasks; Signal processing; Spinal cord injury; Transcranial Doppler

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; REST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

EID: 84946495342     PISSN: 18714080     EISSN: 18714099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11571-015-9355-z     Document Type: Article

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