Evidence for cervical cord tissue disorganisation with aging by diffusion tensor MRI

NeuroImage

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 728-735

  Agosta, Federica ^a   Laganà, Marcella ^b   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Sala, Stefania ^a   Dall'Occhio, Luca ^a   Sormani, Maria P ^a,c   Judica, Elda ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a,b  

^a Scientific Institute   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34250188783     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.03.048     Document Type: Article

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