Diffusion MRI in corticofugal fibers correlates with hand function in unilateral cerebral palsy

Neurology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 775-783

  Holmstrom L ^a   Lennartsson, F ^a   Eliasson, A C ^a   Flodmark, O ^a   Clark, C ^b   Tedroff, K ^a   Forssberg, H ^a   Vollmer, B ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BOX AND BLOCK TEST; BRAIN CORTEX PROJECTION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PALSY; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LIMB; MALE; POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HAND; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PONS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 80054015701     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31822b0040     Document Type: Article

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