7-T MRI of the spinal cord can detect lateral corticospinal tract abnormality in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 760-762

  Cohen Adad, Julien ^a,b,c   Zhao, Wei ^a,b   Keil, Boris ^a,b   Ratai, Eva Maria ^a,b   Triantafyllou, Christina ^a,d   Lawson, Robert ^a   Dheel, Christina ^a   Wald, Lawrence L ^a,b,e   Rosen, Bruce R ^a,b   Cudkowicz, Merit ^a,b   Atassi, Nazem ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corticospinal; MRI; Spinal cord; Ultra high field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL SIGN; WHOLE BODY SCANNER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 84876812897     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.23720     Document Type: Article

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