Diffusion tensor imaging in acquired blind humans

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 178-182

  Schoth, F ^a   Burgel, U ^b   Dorsch, R ^a   Reinges, M H T ^b   Krings, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anisotropic DWI; Anisotropy; Axonal degeneration; Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Optic radiation; Retinal implant

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; HUMAN; IMPLANT; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; BLINDNESS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 33646340982     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.12.088     Document Type: Article

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