Anatomo-functional magnetic resonance imaging of the spinal cord and its application to the characterization of spinal lesions in cats

摘要: Spinal cord injury has a significant impact on quality of life since it can lead to motor (paralysis) and sensory deficits. . These deficits evolve in time as reorganisation the central nervous system occurs, involving physiological neurochemicals mechanisms that are still not fully understood. Given both severity deficit successful rehabilitation process depend anatomical pathways have been altered spinal cord, may be great interest assess white matter integrity after lesion evaluate quantively functional state neurons. The potential magnetic resonance imaging 5MRI)lies its abtility investigate finctional properties non invasively. To address problem this project aimed benefits diffusion-weighted MRI assesses axons remain injury. second objective was what extent measure activity neurons