White matter alterations differ in primary lateral sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Brain

Volumn 134, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2642-2655

  Iwata, Nobue K ^a,b   Kwan, Justin Y ^a   Danielian, Laura E ^a   Butman, John A ^c   Tovar Moll, Fernanda ^d   Bayat, Elham ^e   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

corpus callosum; diffusion tensor imaging; diffusion tensor tractography; motor neuron disorders; primary lateral sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBER; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 80052928195     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awr178     Document Type: Article

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