Spectroscopic imaging of frontal neuronal dysfunction in hyperekplexia

Brain

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1507-1512

  Bernasconi, Andrea ^a   Cendes, Fernando ^a   Shoubridge, Eric A ^a   Andermann, Eva ^a   Li, Li M ^a   Arnold, Douglas L ^a   Andermann, Frederick ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hyperekplexia; Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Startle reaction

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; CREATINE; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGING; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROPATHY; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPECTROSCOPY; STARTLE REFLEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASPARTIC ACID; BRAIN; CHOLINE; CREATINE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0031828117     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/121.8.1507     Document Type: Article

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