Gray and white matter alterations in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7: An in vivo DTI and VBM study

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Alcauter, Sarael ^a,b   Barrios, Fernando A ^a   Díaz, Rosalinda ^c   Fernández Ruiz, Juan ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

CAG; Diffusion tensor imaging; SCA7; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Tract based spatial statistics; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS; PARIETAL CORTEX; PONS; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA TYPE 7; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIAS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78951485990     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.12.014     Document Type: Article

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