Sentence examples for preferential modality from inspiring English sources
Provided there is sufficient expertise, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be considered as the preferential modality in specific clinical conditions such as cystic fibrosis and acute pulmonary embolism, since additional functional information on respiratory mechanics and regional lung perfusion is provided.
The preinfundibular region, a set of ciliated accessory cells, lacks typical chemical synapses, and a paracrine release has been postulated as the preferential modality of transmission [ 54].
In case MRI scans are inconclusive, positron emission tomography with amino acid tracers (such as F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine) can be offered as preferential modality.
SWI has been shown to have better ability to detect calcium compared with the conventional sequences, although it is currently thought of as unlikely to replace CT as the preferential imaging modality for this criterion.
Therefore, strength training [ 8] or transcutaneous neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) [ 9, 10] may be preferential alternative rehabilitative modalities for severely dyspneic individuals with COPD [ 11, 12].
Sensory stimulation causes activity in primary sensory fields from where activity propagates to secondary modality-preferential and higher multimodal areas.
Comparing the connectivity structures interlinking the modality-preferential primary and secondary areas and the multimodal convergence areas, it appears that the latter show the largest number of cross-area links (for discussion of neuroanatomical evidence, see Garagnani and Pulvermüller 2013).
The higher-order DNAs or TCs bound together by long-distance corticocortical fibers include word form circuits in perisylvian cortex, category-specific parts of the semantic circuits reaching into modality-preferential areas and connection hubs in frontal, parietal and inferior temporal cortex interlinking the latter.
With the exception of the link between primary motor and somatosensory cortex, which lie side by side and are directly linked, connections between primary areas are indirect, traveling through adjacent "secondary" modality-preferential cortices and further multimodal sites adjacent to these (Fig. 2, middle panel).
Additionally, several studies into treatment-based classification have shown that people with certain clinical signs and symptoms may exhibit a preferential response to corresponding treatment modalities [ 9- 12].
Here, we extend the notion of preferential and faster processing of emotional language to the auditory modality in which sentences are emotionally intoned.
