Assessment of Axonal Degeneration Along the Human Visual Pathway Using Diffusion Trace Analysis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Ueki, Satoshi ^a,b   Fujii, Yukihiko ^a   Matsuzawa, Hitoshi ^a   Takagi, Mineo ^b   Abe, Haruki ^b   Kwee, Ingrid L ^c   Nakada, Tsutomu ^a,c  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33748976550     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.05.042     Document Type: Article

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