Microstructural status of ipsilesional and contralesional corticospinal tract correlates with motor skill in chronic stroke patients

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3461-3474

  Schaechter, Judith D ^a,b   Fricker, Zachary P ^a,b   Perdue, Katherine L ^a,b   Helmer, Karl G ^a,b   Vangel, Mark G ^a,b   Greve, Douglas N ^a,b   Makris, Nikos ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hemiparesis; Stroke recovery; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STROKE;

EID: 70350319540     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20770     Document Type: Article

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