Ann S Choe1,2. 1. Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA. 2. F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD 21205 USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the current spinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies that investigate the healthy and injured spinal cords. RECENT FINDINGS: Spinal fMRI-derived outcome measures have previously been suggested to be sensitive to changes in neurological function in the spinal cord. A body of recent task-activated fMRI studies seems to confirm that detecting neural activity in the spinal cord using spinal fMRI may be feasible as well as reliable. Furthermore, a growing number of studies has shown that resting state fMRI in the spinal cord is also feasible, demonstrating that the investigation of changes in neural activity can also be performed in the absence of explicit tasks. SUMMARY: Current task-activated and resting state fMRI studies suggest that spinal fMRI has a strong potential to provide novel imaging biomarkers that can be used to investigate plastic changes in the injured spinal cord.
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review provides an overview of the current spinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies that investigate the healthy and injured spinal cords. RECENT FINDINGS: Spinal fMRI-derived outcome measures have previously been suggested to be sensitive to changes in neurological function in the spinal cord. A body of recent task-activated fMRI studies seems to confirm that detecting neural activity in the spinal cord using spinal fMRI may be feasible as well as reliable. Furthermore, a growing number of studies has shown that resting state fMRI in the spinal cord is also feasible, demonstrating that the investigation of changes in neural activity can also be performed in the absence of explicit tasks. SUMMARY: Current task-activated and resting state fMRI studies suggest that spinal fMRI has a strong potential to provide novel imaging biomarkers that can be used to investigate plastic changes in the injured spinal cord.
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