Utility of axial and radial diffusivity from diffusion tensor MRI as markers of neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain Research

Volumn 1348, Issue , 2010, Pages 156-164

  Metwalli, Nader S ^a,b   Benatar, Michael ^c,d   Nair, Govind ^a,e   Usher, Sharon ^c   Hu, Xiaoping ^a   Carew, John D ^d,f,g  

^a Emory University   (United States)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f LEVINE CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Axial diffusivity; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Radial diffusivity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COMPLICATION; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

RADIATA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

EID: 77955715842     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.05.067     Document Type: Article

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