Evidence for retrochiasmatic tissue loss in Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1900-1906

  Barcella, Valeria ^a   Rocca, Maria A ^a   Bianchi Marzoli, Stefania ^a   Milesi, Jacopo ^a   Melzi, Lisa ^a   Falini, Andrea ^a   Pierro, Luisa ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy; Optical coherence tomography; Retinal nerve fiber layer thickness; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC TRACT; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; THICKNESS; VISUAL CORTEX; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC ATROPHY, HEREDITARY, LEBER; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649615076     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20985     Document Type: Article

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