Pre-Wallerian Degeneration in the Neonatal Brain Following Perinatal Cerebral Hypoxia-Ischemia Demonstrated with MRI

Seminars in Perinatology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 146-150

  Groenendaal, Floris ^a   Benders, Manon J ^a   De Vries, Linda S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

diffusion; hypoxia ischemia; MRI; neonate; neurodevelopment; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HYPOXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOXIC ISCHEMIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDUNCULAR ANSA; PERINATAL ASPHYXIA; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRE WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-ISCHEMIA, BRAIN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 33745245551     PISSN: 01460005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semperi.2006.04.005     Document Type: Review

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