Brain size and white matter content of cerebrospinal tracts determine the upper cervical cord area: Evidence from structural brain MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 963-970

  Engl, Christina ^a   Schmidt, Paul ^a,b   Arsic, Milan ^a   Boucard, Christine C ^a   Biberacher, Viola ^a   Röttinger, Michael ^a,c   Etgen, Thorleif ^a,d   Nunnemann, Sabine ^a   Koutsouleris, Nikolaos ^b   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Meisenzahl, Eva M ^b   Mühlau, Mark ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Münchner Institut für Neuroradiologie   (Germany)

^d Klinikum Traunstein   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Cranial MRI; Healthy controls; Sex; Upper cervical cord area

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BRAIN; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880780823     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-013-1204-3     Document Type: Article

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