Multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging analysis of the corticospinal tract in multiple sclerosis

NeuroImage

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Reich, Daniel S ^a   Smith, Seth A ^a,b   Zackowski, Kathleen M ^a,b   Gordon Lipkin, Eliza M ^a   Jones, Craig K ^a,b   Farrell, Jonathan A D ^a,b   Mori, Susumu ^a,b   van Zijl, Peter C M ^a,b   Calabresi, Peter A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetization transfer imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Pyramidal tract; Tract profiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PONS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 34948815054     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.07.049     Document Type: Article

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