Magnetic resonance spectroscopy of cerebral cortex is normal in hereditary hyperekplexia due to mutations in the GLRA1 gene

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1538-1541

  Tijssen, Marina A J ^a,b   Brown, Peter ^b   MacManus, David ^b   McLean, Mary A ^b   Davie, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hereditary; Hyperekplexia; MR spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; N ACETYLASPARTIC ACID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; STARTLE EPILEPSY; STARTLE REFLEX; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0347031390     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10613     Document Type: Article

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