Neurodegeneration in friedreich's ataxia is associated with a mixed activation pattern of the brain. A fMRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1780-1791

  Ginestroni, Andrea ^a   Diciotti, Stefano ^a   Cecchi, Paolo ^b   Pesaresi, Ilaria ^b   Tessa, Carlo ^c   Giannelli, Marco ^d   Nave, Riccardo Della ^a   Salvatore, Elena ^e   Salvi, Fabrizio ^f   Dotti, Maria Teresa ^g   Piacentini, Silvia ^a   Soricelli, Andrea ^h,i   Cosottini, Mirco ^b   De Stefano, Nicola ^g   Mascalchi, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c Versilia Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h IRCCS SDN   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional MRI; Inherited ataxias; Motor function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DEAFFERENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; THALAMUS; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WRITING;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84862837295     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21319     Document Type: Article

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