MRI investigation of the sensorimotor cortex and the corticospinal tract after acute spinal cord injury: A prospective longitudinal study

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 873-881

  Freund, Patrick ^a,c   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^c   Ashburner, John ^c   Wolf, Katharina ^a   Sutter, Reto ^b   Altmann, Daniel R ^d,e   Friston, Karl ^c   Thompson, Alan ^c,f   Curt, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d University College London   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARAPLEGIA; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUADRIPLEGIA; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881552399     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(13)70146-7     Document Type: Article

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