Diffusion tensor imaging detects early Wallerian degeneration of the pyramidal tract after ischemic stroke

NeuroImage

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1767-1774

  Thomalla, Götz ^a   Glauche, Volkmar ^a   Koch, Martin A ^a   Beaulieu, Christian ^b   Weiller, Cornelius ^a   Röther, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Ischemic stroke; Motor recovery; Pyramidal tract; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STATISTICS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 3242725278     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2004.03.041     Document Type: Article

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