Relating axonal injury to functional recovery in MS

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 236-239

  Reddy, H ^b   Narayanan, S ^b   Matthews, P M ^b   Hoge, R D ^b   Pike, G B ^b   Duquette, P ^b   Antel, J ^b   Arnold, D L ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Axonal injury; Functional MRI; MS; Plasticity; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; REMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0033981063     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.54.1.236     Document Type: Article

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