Age-related changes of the dentate nuclei in normal adults as revealed by 3D fast low angle shot (FLASH) echo sequence magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 251, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 740-746

  Maschke, Matthias ^a   Weber, Johannes ^a   Dimitrova, Albena ^a   Bonnet, Udo ^a   Bohrenkämper, Julia ^a   Sturm, Sonja ^a   Kindsvater, Kerstin ^b   Müller, Bernhard W ^a   Gastpar, Markus ^a   Diener, Hans Christoph ^a   Forsting, Michael ^a   Timmann, Dagmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain iron concentration; Cerebellum; FLASH sequence; Interrater reliability

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 3042526311     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-004-0420-5     Document Type: Article

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