Widespread cerebral haemodynamics disturbances occur early in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 202-209

  Murphy, Matthew J ^a,b   Grace, Gloria M ^c   Tartaglia, Maria C ^b   Orange, J B ^d   Chen, Xiaogang ^b   Rowe, Ann ^b   Findlater, Karen ^b   Kozak, Roman I ^a   Freedman, Morris ^e   Lee, Ting Yim ^a,b   Strong, Michael J ^b  

^a LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

ALS; Cerebral blood flow; Frontotemporal dementia; Motor neuron disease; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD VOLUME; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN PERFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84863043292     PISSN: 17482968     EISSN: 1471180X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17482968.2011.625569     Document Type: Article

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