Spared integrity of corticospinal tract within a pontine infarct: A diffusion tensor tractography study

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 1552-1554

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Motor recovery; Pontine infarct; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 78649686862     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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