Progressive and widespread brain damage in ALS: MRI voxel-based morphometry and diffusion tensor imaging study

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-69

  Senda, Joe ^a   Kato, Shigenori ^a   Kaga, Tomotsugu ^a   Ito, Mizuki ^a   Atsuta, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Tomohiko ^a   Watanabe, Hirohisa ^a   Tanaka, Fumiaki ^a   Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Sobue, Gen ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; diffusion tensor imaging; longitudinal change; volumetry; voxel based analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 79251630350     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2010.517850     Document Type: Article

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