Structural imaging differences and longitudinal changes in primary lateral sclerosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 151-160

  Kwan, Justin Y ^a,b   Meoded, Avner ^a   Danielian, Laura E ^a   Wu, Tianxia ^a   Floeter, Mary Kay ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Diffusion tensor imaging; FreeSurfer; Keywords; Longitudinal studies; Motor neuron disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GAIT; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPEECH;

EID: 84872699821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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