Cortical gray matter changes in primary blepharospasm: A voxel-based morphometry study

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1907-1912

  Martino, Davide ^a   di Giorgio, Annabella ^a,b,c   D'Ambrosio, Enrico ^a   Popolizio, Teresa ^b   Macerollo, Antonella ^a   Livrea, Paolo ^a   Bertolino, Alessandro ^a,b   Defazio, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Associative cortex; Blepharospasm; Primary adult onset dystonia; Primary sensory cortex; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; ONSET AGE; POSTCENTRAL GYRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TREATMENT DURATION; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

AGED; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS;

EID: 80052270381     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23724     Document Type: Article

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