Transient detection of early wallerian degeneration on diffusion-weighted MRI after an acute cerebrovascular accident

Neuroradiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-188

  Uchino, A ^a   Sawada, A ^a   Takase, Y ^a   Egashira, R ^a   Kudo, S ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarcts; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion weighted imaging; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 1842789478     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-003-1159-x     Document Type: Article

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