Pathologic changes in the brain in cervical dystonia pre- and post-mortem - a commentary with a special focus on the cerebellum

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 247, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-133

  Zoons, E ^a   Tijssen, M A J ^b  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cervical dystonia; Imaging; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ANO3 GENE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CIP1 INTERACTING ZINC FINGER PROTEIN 1 GENE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY;

EID: 84877908810     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: 10902430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2013.04.005     Document Type: Note

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