The current state of spinal cord functional magnetic resonance imaging and its application in clinical research

G Haynes, F Muhammad, AF Khan… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Since its development, spinal cord functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has
utilized various methodologies and stimulation protocols to develop a deeper understanding …

Fully-integrated framework for the segmentation and registration of the spinal cord white and gray matter

SM Dupont, B De Leener, M Taso, A Le Troter… - Neuroimage, 2017 - Elsevier
The spinal cord white and gray matter can be affected by various pathologies such as
multiple sclerosis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or trauma. Being able to precisely segment …

Confirmation of resting‐state BOLD fluctuations in the human brainstem and spinal cord after identification and removal of physiological noise

S Harita, PW Stroman - Magnetic resonance in medicine, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Resting‐state functional MRI (rs‐fMRI) has been used to investigate networks
within the cortex, but its use in the brainstem (BS) and spinal cord (SC) has been limited …

[HTML][HTML] Contributions of human amygdala nuclei to resting-state networks

UKA Elvira, S Seoane, J Janssen, N Janssen - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The amygdala is a brain region with a complex internal structure that is associated with
psychiatric disease. Methodological limitations have complicated the study of the internal …

MICA—A toolbox for masked independent component analysis of fMRI data

T Moher Alsady, EM Blessing, F Beissner - 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Independent component analysis (ICA) is a widely used technique for investigating
functional connectivity (fc) in functional magnetic resonance imaging data. Masked …

[HTML][HTML] Amplitude of low frequency fluctuation (ALFF) in the cervical spinal cord with stenosis: a resting state fMRI study

X Liu, W Qian, R Jin, X Li, KDK Luk, EX Wu, Y Hu - PLoS One, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Cervical spondylotic myelopathy (CSM) is a common spinal cord dysfunction disease with
complex symptoms in clinical presentation. Resting state fMRI (rsfMRI) has been introduced …

Neuroimaging mechanisms in pain: from discovery to translation

I Tracey - Pain, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Several reviews comprehensively cover many of the amazing developments surrounding
how pain as a perceptual experience is understood using neuroimaging. These, to a greater …

Characteristic BOLD signals are detectable in white matter of the spinal cord at rest and after a stimulus

A Sengupta, A Mishra, F Wang… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
We report the reliable detection of reproducible patterns of blood-oxygenation-level-
dependent (BOLD) MRI signals within the white matter (WM) of the spinal cord during a task …

Altered cervical spinal cord resting‐state activity in fibromyalgia

KT Martucci, KA Weber, SC Mackey - Arthritis & Rheumatology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Altered afferent input and central neural modulation are thought to contribute to
fibromyalgia symptoms, and these processes converge within the spinal cord. We undertook …

[HTML][HTML] A practical protocol for measurements of spinal cord functional connectivity

RL Barry, BN Conrad, SA Smith, JC Gore - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been used to study human
brain function for over two decades, but only recently has this technique been successfully …