Topodiagnostic implications of hemiataxia: An MRI-based brainstem mapping analysis

NeuroImage

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1625-1632

  Marx, Juergen J ^a   Iannetti, Gian D ^c   Thömke, Frank ^a   Fitzek, Sabine ^d   Galeotti, Francesca ^b   Truini, Andrea ^b   Stoeter, Peter ^a   Dieterich, Marianne ^a   Hopf, Hanns C ^a   Cruccu, Giorgio ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Plastic Surgery/Migraine Surgery   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Brain mapping; Brain stem; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATAXIA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; PARESIS; PONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINOCEREBELLAR TRACTS;

EID: 38749143987     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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