Relationship between brain structure sizes and performing rapid limb movements. A quantitative magnetic resonance study

European Neurology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 185-189

  Bekkelund, Svein I ^a   Pierre Jerome, Claude ^a   Winther, John ^a   Mellgren, Svein I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brain size; Magnetic resonance; Motor functions; MRI; Volumetric study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032699415     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008104     Document Type: Article

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