Diffusion tensor imaging at 3 hours after traumatic spinal cord injury predicts long-term locomotor recovery

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 587-598

  Kim, Joong H ^a   Loy, David N ^a   Wang, Qing ^b   Budde, Matthew D ^a   Schmidt, Robert E ^a   Trinkaus, Kathryn ^a   Song, Sheng Kwei ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial diffusion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Hyperacute; Magnetic resonance imaging; Recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; VERTEBRA; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HINDLIMB; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PARALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TIME; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77950612951     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1063     Document Type: Article

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