Whole brain 7T-fMRI during pelvic floor muscle contraction in male subjects.

Ilse M GroenendijkSven P R LuijtenChris I de ZeeuwJoan C HolstegeJeroen R ScheepeWietske van der ZwaagBertil F M Blok

Published in: Neurourology and urodynamics (2019)

This study demonstrated that 7T-fMRI can be used to visualize brain areas involved in pelvic floor control in the whole brain of single subjects and defined the specific brain areas involved in PFMC. Distinct differences between brain mechanisms controlling the pelvic floor and tongue movements were demonstrated using connectivity analysis.

Keyphrases

resting state
functional connectivity
white matter
multiple sclerosis
brain injury
blood brain barrier
data analysis