Magnetization transfer imaging demonstrates a distributed pattern of microstructural changes of the cerebral cortex in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 704-708

  Cosottini, Mirco ^a,b   Pesaresi, I ^b   Piazza, S ^a   Diciotti, S ^c   Belmonte, G ^a   Battaglini, M ^d   Ginestroni, A ^c   Siciliano, G ^a   De Stefano, N ^d   Mascalchi, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURONS; PARIETAL LOBE; PROTONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79954563495     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2356     Document Type: Article

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