Disrupted thalamic prefrontal pathways in patients with idiopathic dystonia

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-67

  Bonilha, Leonardo ^a,b   de Vries, Paulien M ^c   Hurd, Mark W ^a   Rorden, Chris ^d   Morgan, Paul S ^d   Besenski, Nada ^a   Bergmann, Kenneth J ^a,b   Hinson, Vanessa K ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; DTI; Dystonia; MRI; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DYSTONIC DISORDER; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PATHOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 63049134709     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.01.018     Document Type: Article

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