Diffusion tensor imaging can detect and quantify corticospinal tract degeneration after stroke

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 269-272

  Werring, David J ^a   Toosy, Ahmed T ^a   Clark, Christopher A ^a   Parker, Geoffrey J M ^a   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Miller, David H ^a   Thompson, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pathophysiology; Stroke

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; STROKE;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BODY WATER; DIFFUSION; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0033940447     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.2.269     Document Type: Article

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