Corticospinal tract degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A diffusion tensor imaging and fibre tractography study

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 411-415

  Yin, Hong ^a,b   Cheng, Sandy H T ^a   Zhang, Jian ^b   Ma, Lin ^c   Gao, Yuangui ^c   Li, Dejun ^c   Lim, C C Tchoyoson ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amyltrophic lateral sclerosis; Diffusion weighted imaging; Echo planar imaging; Fibre tractography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FIBER TRACTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALAMUS;

EID: 45249118099     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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