Superior cerebellar peduncle atrophy in Friedreich's ataxia correlates with disease symptoms

Cerebellum

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-87

  Akhlaghi, Hamed ^a   Corben, Louise ^b,c   Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^c   Bradshaw, John ^c   Storey, Elsdon ^d   Delatycki, Martin B ^b,e   Egan, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Friedreich's ataxia; Superior cerebellar peduncle; Volumetric MRI

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; INTRON; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; SYMPTOM; TENDON REFLEX; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

ADULT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATROPHY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; DEPRESSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 79952708733     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-010-0232-3     Document Type: Article

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