Corpus callosum abnormalities in Tourette syndrome: An MRI-DTI study of monozygotic twins

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 533-535

  Cavanna, Andrea E ^a,b,c   Stecco, Alessandro ^a   Rickards, Hugh ^c   Servo, Serena ^a   Terazzi, Emanuela ^a   Peterson, Bradley ^d   Robertson, Mary M ^e,f   Carriero, Alessandro ^a   Monaco, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOLALIA; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MUSCLE TWITCH; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUTTERING; TIC; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952554763     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.173666     Document Type: Article

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