Focal white matter changes in spasmodic dysphonia: A combined diffusion tensor imaging and neuropathological study

Brain

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 447-459

  Simonyan, Kristina ^a,g   Tovar Moll, Fernanda ^b   Ostuni, John ^c   Hallett, Mark ^a   Kalasinsky, Victor F ^d   Lewin Smith, Michael R ^d   Rushing, Elisabeth J ^e   Vortmeyer, Alexander O ^f   Ludlow, Christy L ^a  

^a Human Motor Control Section

^b Neuroimmunology Branch

^c Clinicial Neurosciences Program

^d Department of Environmental and Infectious Disease Sciences ^*

^e ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Corticobulbar tract; Laryngeal dystonia; Neuroimaging; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; IRON; MYELIN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN TISSUE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GRAY MATTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPEECH DISORDER; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; VOICE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 38849191142     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awm303     Document Type: Article

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