[HTML][HTML] Design and validation of diffusion MRI models of white matter

IO Jelescu, MD Budde - Frontiers in physics, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Diffusion MRI is arguably the method of choice for characterizing white matter microstructure
in vivo. Over the typical duration of diffusion encoding, the displacement of water molecules …

The role of diffusion tensor imaging in the diagnosis, prognosis, and assessment of recovery and treatment of spinal cord injury: a systematic review

OA Zaninovich, MJ Avila, M Kay, JL Becker… - Neurosurgical …, 2019 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) is an MRI tool that provides an objective,
noninvasive, in vivo assessment of spinal cord injury (SCI). DTI is significantly better at …

[HTML][HTML] Neuroinflammation and white matter alterations in obesity assessed by diffusion basis spectrum imaging

A Samara, T Murphy, J Strain, J Rutlin, P Sun… - Frontiers in Human …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Human obesity is associated with low-grade chronic systemic inflammation, alterations in
brain structure and function, and cognitive impairment. Rodent models of obesity show that …

Spinal cord injury disrupts resting-state networks in the human brain

AH Hawasli, J Rutlin, JL Roland, RKJ Murphy… - Journal of …, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Despite 253,000 spinal cord injury (SCI) patients in the United States, little is known
about how SCI affects brain networks. Spinal MRI provides only structural information with …

[HTML][HTML] MRI and histological evaluation of pulsed focused ultrasound and microbubbles treatment effects in the brain

ZI Kovacs, TW Tu, M Sundby, F Qureshi, BK Lewis… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided pulsed focused ultrasound (pFUS) combined
with microbubbles (MB) contrast agent infusion has been shown to transiently disrupt the …

[HTML][HTML] Deficient thyroid hormone transport to the brain leads to impairments in axonal caliber and oligodendroglial development

V Valcárcel-Hernández, D López-Espíndola… - Neurobiology of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Mutations in the thyroid hormone transporter monocarboxylate transporter 8 (MCT8) lead to
profound brain alterations, including myelination impairments, in humans. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Disentangling the effects of spinal cord injury and related neuropathic pain on supraspinal neuroplasticity: a systematic review on neuroimaging

V Huynh, J Rosner, A Curt, S Kollias, M Hubli… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Spinal cord injury (SCI) and its accompanying changes of brain structure and
function have been widely studied and reviewed. Debilitating chronic neuropathic pain (NP) …

Compensatory brainstem functional and structural connectivity in patients with degenerative cervical myelopathy by probabilistic tractography and functional MRI

C Wang, A Laiwalla, N Salamon, BM Ellingson… - Brain research, 2020 - Elsevier
Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is the most common cause of spinal cord
impairment in adults. Previous supraspinal investigations have primarily focused on cortical …

Diffusion histology imaging differentiates distinct pediatric brain tumor histology

Z Ye, K Srinivasa, A Meyer, P Sun, J Lin, JD Viox… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
High-grade pediatric brain tumors exhibit the highest cancer mortality rates in children.
While conventional MRI has been widely adopted for examining pediatric high-grade brain …

The impact of edema and fiber crossing on diffusion MRI metrics assessed in an ex vivo nerve phantom: Multi‐tensor model vs. diffusion orientation distribution …

Z Ye, SE Gary, P Sun, SM Mustafi, GR Glenn… - NMR in …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) has been employed for over 2 decades to noninvasively
quantify central nervous system diseases/injuries. However, DTI is an inadequate …