Parcellation of human periaqueductal gray at 7-T fMRI in full and empty bladder state: The foundation to study dynamic connectivity changes related to lower urinary tract functioning.

Mathijs M de Rijk Job van den Hurk Mohammad Sajjad Rahnamai Gommert A Van Koeveringe

Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2021)

This opens new possibilities to investigate the effects of treatments of lower urinary tract symptoms on signal processing in the PAG, as well as the investigation of disease-specific bladder filling related dynamic signal processing in this small brain structure.

Keyphrases

urinary tract
resting state
lower urinary tract symptoms
functional connectivity
benign prostatic hyperplasia
spinal cord injury
white matter
endothelial cells
induced pluripotent stem cells
pluripotent stem cells