Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Spinal Morphometry and Sensorimotor Behavior in a Hemicontusion Model of Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rats
Chitturi J, Sanganahalli BG, Herman P, Hyder F, Ni L, Elkabes S, Heary R, Kannurpatti SS. Association Between Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Based Spinal Morphometry and Sensorimotor Behavior in a Hemicontusion Model of Incomplete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury in Rats. Brain Connectivity 2020, 10: 479-489. PMID: 32981350, PMCID: PMC7698856, DOI: 10.1089/brain.2020.0812.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNeurological outcomeFunctional connectivity changesSpinal cordMagnetic resonance imagingComplete neural axisNeural axisCervical SCIMorphometric changesIncomplete cervical spinal cord injuryC4/C5 levelResonance imagingCervical spinal cord injurySpinal cord injury patientsFunctional connectivityConnectivity changesCord injury patientsT2-weighted lesionsCervical spinal cordSpinal cord injuryYoung adult ratsFunctional connectivity assessmentC5 levelSCI ratsInjury patientsSham rats