A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study in Essential Tremor

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-374

  Jia, Liu ^a   Jia lin, Shen ^a   Qin, Dong ^a   Qing, Lu ^a   Yan, Zhou ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Diffusion tensor imaging; Essential tremor; Fractional anisotropy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PUTAMEN; RED NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 80053592734     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2010.00535.x     Document Type: Article

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