Changes in red nucleus after pyramidal tract injury in patients with cerebral infarct

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 373-377

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; hemiparesis; pyramidal tract; red nucleus; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; RED NUCLEUS; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; RED NUCLEUS;

EID: 78650505184     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2010-0622     Document Type: Article

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