Acute damage to the posterior limb of the internal capsule on diffusion tensor tractography as an early imaging predictor of motor outcome after stroke

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 857-863

  Puig, Josep ^a,b   Pedraza, S ^a   Blasco, G ^a   Daunis i Estadella, J ^c   Prados, F ^c   Remollo, S ^a   Prats Galino, A ^d   Soria, G ^e   Boada, I ^c   Castellanos, M ^a   Serena, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL JOSEP TRUETA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION SIZE; BRAIN INJURY; CAPSULA INTERNA; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; PONS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE;

EID: 79956102938     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2400     Document Type: Article

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