The cortical signature of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Agosta, Federica ^a   Valsasina, Paola ^a   Riva, Nilo ^a   Copetti, Massimiliano ^b   Messina, Maria Josè ^a   Prelle, Alessandro ^c   Comi, Giancarlo ^a   Filippi, Massimo ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; INSULA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; THICKNESS;

AGING; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864687004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042816     Document Type: Article

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