Structural changes in the somatosensory system correlate with tic severity in Gilles de la Tourette syndrome

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 765-777

  Thomalla, Götz ^a   Siebner, Hartwig R ^b   Jonas, Melanie ^a   Bäumer, Tobias ^a   Biermann Ruben, Katja ^c,d   Hummel, Friedhelm ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Müller Vahl, Kirsten ^e   Schnitzler, Alfons ^c,d   Orth, Michael ^a   Münchau, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome; Somatosensory system; Tics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN TISSUE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; THALAMUS; TIC; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 64849096290     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn339     Document Type: Article

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