Diffusion tensor imaging of the cortico-ponto-cerebellar pathway in patients with adult-onset ataxic neurodegenerative disease

Neuroradiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-292

  Kitamura, Kaeko ^a   Nakayama, Keiko ^a   Kosaka, Satoru ^a   Yamada, Eiji ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a   Miki, Takami ^a   Inoue, Yuichi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cortico ponto cerebellar pathway; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Neurodegenerative disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; COHORT STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 41149126008     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-007-0351-9     Document Type: Article

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