Management of cervical spondylotic myelopathy with insights from metabolic imaging of the spinal cord and brain

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 575-581

  Holly, Langston T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Myelopathy; Spine; Spondylotic

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ARTHRODESIS; BRAIN METABOLISM; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; LAMINECTOMY; LAMINOPLASTY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINE FUSION;

BRAIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 74049137039     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WCO.0b013e3283325ea7     Document Type: Review

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