Neuroimaging in traumatic spinal cord injury: an evidence-based review for clinical practice and research.

Objective: To perform an evidence-based review of the literature on neuroimaging techniques utilized in spinal cord injury clinical practice and research.

Methods: A search of the medical literature for articles on specific neuroimaging techniques used in SCI resulted in 2,302 published reports. Review at the abstract and full report level yielded 99 clinical and preclinical articles that were evaluated in detail.

Neuropsychologic impairment and MRI abnormalities associated with chronic solvent abuse.

Objective: Individuals chronically abusing organic solvents have been reported in the medical literature for almost four decades to have a variety of neurological abnormalities. Most have been single case reports or studies in small numbers of individuals. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the neurologic and neuropsychologic effects of chronic solvent abuse in a larger group of individuals and compare the results to a control group of other drug abusers.