Imaging of wallerian degeneration in the brain

Current Medical Imaging Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-76

  Axer, Hubertus ^a   Axer, Martina ^a   Gräßel, David ^a   Witte, Otto W ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

DTI; MR time course; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMAN; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 45949092321     PISSN: 15734056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157340508784356798     Document Type: Review

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