Macrocerebellum: Significance and pathogenic considerations

Cerebellum

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1026-1036

  Poretti, Andrea ^a,b   Mall, Volker ^c,d   Smitka, Martin ^d   Grunt, Sebastian ^e   Risen, Sarah ^f   Toelle, Sandra P ^a   Benson, Jane E ^b   Yoshida, Shoko ^b   Jung, Nikolai H ^c   Tinschert, Sigrid ^g   Neuhann, Teresa M ^g   Rauch, Anita ^h   Steinlin, Maja ^e   Meoded, Avner ^b   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^b   Boltshauser, Eugen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cognitive functions; Macrocerebellum. Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; CHILD; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GRAY MATTER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE; MACROCEREBELLUM; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

BRAIN; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROIMAGING;

EID: 84870458188     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-012-0379-1     Document Type: Article

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