Wallerian Degeneration in Lateral Cervical Spinal Cord Detected with Diffusion Tensor Imaging in Four Chronic Stroke Patients

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-48

  Lindberg, Påvel G ^a,b,c   Bensmail, Djamel ^d   Bussel, Bernard ^d   Maier, Marc A ^a,b   Feydy, Antoine ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Université Paris Descartes ^*  (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Spinal cord; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE DEGENERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD LESION; STROKE PATIENT;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD; STROKE; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 78650736639     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2009.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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