Structural and functional connectivity changes in response to short-term neurofeedback training with motor imagery

NeuroImage

Volumn 194, Issue , 2019, Pages 283-290

  Marins, T ^a,b   Rodrigues, E C ^a,c   Bortolini, T ^a   Melo, Bruno ^a   Moll, J ^a,b   Tovar Moll, F ^a,b  

^a D OR INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EDUCATION IDOR   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Augus to Motta University (Unisuam)   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; DTI; Functional connectivity; Neurofeedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEFAULT MODE NETWORK; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROFEEDBACK; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; IMAGINATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; BRAIN; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROFEEDBACK; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 85064199304     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.03.027     Document Type: Article

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