Progression of pathological changes in the middle cerebellar peduncle by diffusion tensor imaging correlates with lesser motor gains after pontine infarction

Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 692-698

  Liang, Zhijian ^a,c   Zeng, Jinsheng ^a   Zhang, Cuimei ^a   Liu, Sirun ^b   Ling, Xueying ^b   Wang, Fang ^a   Ling, Li ^a   Hou, Qinghua ^a   Xing, Shihui ^a   Pei, Zhong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Middle cerebellar peduncle; Pontine infarction; Stroke; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ANISOTROPY; ATAXIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; PONS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 69449108446     PISSN: 15459683     EISSN: 15526844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545968308331142     Document Type: Article

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