Mills' and other isolated upper motor neurone syndromes: In vivo study with 11C-(R)-PK11195 PET

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 871-874

  Turner, M R ^a   Gerhard, A ^b   Al Chalabi, A ^a   Shaw, C E ^c   Hughes, R A C ^c   Banati, R B ^d   Brooks, D J ^e   Leigh, P N ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 11; N SEC BUTYL 1 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) N METHYL 3 ISOQUINOLINECARBOXAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN CORTEX LESION; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; HEAD INJURY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MICROGLIA; MILL SYNDROME; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME DELINEATION;

EID: 20444366253     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.047902     Document Type: Article

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