Wallerian degeneration of pyramidal tract after paramedian pons infarct

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-388

  Gräßel, David ^a,c   Ringer, Thomas M ^a   Fitzek, Clemens ^c   Fitzek, Sabine ^b,d   Kohl, Matthias ^a   Kaiser, Werner A ^b   Witte, Otto W ^a   Axer, Hubertus ^a,e  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Asklepios Fachklinikum Brandenburg   (Italy)

^e German Red Cross Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Paramedian pons infarct; Pyramidal tract; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

AGED; BRAIN INFARCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 77955202971     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319573     Document Type: Article

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