ReviewThe Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry2023
Spinal Cord fMRI: A New Window into the Central Nervous System.
Review in The Neuroscientist : a review journal bringing neurobiology, neurology and psychiatry, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.
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- Test-Retest Reliability of Sensorimotor Activity Measured With Spinal Cord fMRI.Human brain mapping · 2026Article
- Segmentation of spinal rootlets across MRI contrasts with RootletSeg.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Spinal cord structural and functional architecture and its shared organization with the brain across the adult lifespan.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Neptune: a toolbox for spinal cord functional MRI data processing and quality assurance.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution of spinal cord fMRI activity with electrocutaneous stimulation.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Real-time approach to evaluate spinal cord topography of motor pool activation during gait.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution of spinal cord fMRI activity with electrocutaneous stimulation.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2026Article
- SpIC3D imaging for spinal in situ contrast 3D visualization.Cell reports methods · 2025Article
- MRI mapping of hemodynamics in the human spinal cord.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Relationships Between Intra-Spinal Resting-State Functional Connectivity and Electrophysiology Following Spinal Cord Injury.Human brain mapping · 2025Article
- Influence of scanning plane on Human Spinal Cord functional Magnetic Resonance echo planar imaging.PloS one · 2025Article
- Changes in functional connectivity in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis spinal cord measured via region-based and data-driven analyses.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Rootlets-based registration to the PAM50 spinal cord template.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Evaluating cardiac noise correction approaches for non-invasive electrophysiology of the human spinal cord.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Mapping the white-matter functional connectome: a personal perspective.Psychoradiology · 2025Review
- EPISeg: Automated segmentation of the spinal cord on echo planar images using open-access multi-center data.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
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- Reproducible Spinal Cord Quantitative MRI Analysis with the Spinal Cord Toolbox.Magnetic resonance in medical sciences : MRMS : an official journal of Japan Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine · 2024Review
- 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
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Abstract
With the brain, the spinal cord forms the central nervous system. Initially considered a passive relay between the brain and the periphery, the spinal cord is now recognized as being active and plastic. Yet, it remains largely overlooked by the human neuroscience community, in stark contrast with the wealth of research investigating the brain. In this review, we argue that fMRI, traditionally used to image cerebral function, can be extended beyond the brain to help unravel spinal mechanisms involved in human behaviors. To this end, we first outline strategies that have been proposed to tackle the challenges inherent to spinal cord fMRI. Then, we discuss how they have been utilized to provide insights into the functional organization of spinal sensorimotor circuits, highlighting their potential to address fundamental and clinical questions. By summarizing guidelines and applications of spinal cord fMRI, we hope to stimulate and support further research into this promising yet underexplored field.
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