Corpus callosal diffusivity predicts motor impairment in relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis: A TBSS and tractography study

NeuroImage

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1169-1177

  Kern, Kyle C ^a   Sarcona, Joseph ^a   Montag, Michael ^a   Giesser, Barbara S ^a   Sicotte, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Multiple sclerosis; Nine hole peg test; Tract based spatial statistics; Transcallosal motor pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RELAPSING-REMITTING; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 79952069962     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2010.10.077     Document Type: Article

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