Dynamic changes in corticospinal tracts after stroke detected by fibretracking

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 587-592

  Møller, Mette ^a,b   Frandsen, J ^b   Andersen, G ^a   Gjedde, A ^b   Vestergaard Poulsen, P ^b   Ostergaard L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCORING SYSTEM; STROKE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 34249674084     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2006.100248     Document Type: Article

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