Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 646-652 , June 2010

Changes in cerebral activity after decreased upper-limb hypertonus: an EMG-fMRI study

  • Paolo Manganotti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • IRCCS, Instituto di Ricovero e Cura a carattere Scientifico, S. Camillo Hospital, Venice, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Sezione Neurologia Riabilitativa, Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Universita' di Verona Policlinico “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy. Tel.: +39 045 8124768; fax: +39 045 8104472.
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  • Michele Acler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Emanuela Formaggio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Mirko Avesani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Franco Milanese

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Andrea Baraldo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Radiology, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy
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  • Silvia Francesca Storti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Anna Gasparini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Radiology, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Roberto Cerini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Radiology, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy
    • ,
  • Roberto Pozzi Mucelli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Morphological and Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Radiology, University of Verona, 37100 Verona, Italy
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  • Antonio Fiaschi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological and Visual Sciences, Section of Rehabilitative Neurology, University of Verona, Clinic Hospital “Gianbattista Rossi”, P.zz.le LA Scuro, 37100 Verona, Italy

Received 23 September 2009 ,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.12.023

Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 646-652 , June 2010

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