ArticleScientific reports2018
A practical protocol for measurements of spinal cord functional connectivity.
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- Influence of scanning plane on Human Spinal Cord functional Magnetic Resonance echo planar imaging.PloS one · 2025Article
- Characteristic BOLD signals are detectable in white matter of the spinal cord at rest and after a stimulus.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Spinal fMRI demonstrates segmental organisation of functionally connected networks in the cervical spinal cord: A test-retest reliability study.Human brain mapping · 2024Article
- Lumbosacral spinal cord functional connectivity at rest: From feasibility to reliability.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- The characteristics and reproducibility of motor speech functional neuroimaging in healthy controls.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2024Article
- Detection of resting-state functional connectivity in the lumbar spinal cord with 3T MRI.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Reliability of resting-state functional connectivity in the human spinal cord: Assessing the impact of distinct noise sources.NeuroImage · 2023Article
- Detection and characterization of resting state functional networks in squirrel monkey brain.Cerebral cortex communications · 2023Article
- Advanced spinal cord MRI in multiple sclerosis: Current techniques and future directions.NeuroImage. Clinical · 2022Review
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Abstract
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 translated to the human spinal cord. The spinal cord is structurally and functionally unique, so resting state fMRI methods developed and optimized for the brain may not be appropriate when applied to the cord. This report therefore investigates the relative impact of different acquisition and processing choices (including run length, echo time, and bandpass filter width) on the detectability of resting state spinal cord networks at 3T. Our results suggest that frequencies beyond 0.08 Hz should be included in resting state analyses, a run length of ~8-12 mins is appropriate for reliable detection of the ventral (motor) network, and longer echo times - yet still shorter than values typically used for fMRI in the brain - may increase the detectability of the dorsal (sensory) network. Further studies are required to more fully understand and interpret the nature of resting state spinal cord networks in health and in disease, and the protocols described in this report are designed to assist such studies.
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