Brain plasticity in the motor network is correlated with disease progression in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2391-2401

  Poujois, Aurélia ^a,b   Schneider, Fabien C ^b,c   Faillenot, Isabelle ^a,b   Camdessanché, Jean Philippe ^a,b   Vandenberghe, Nadia ^d   Thomas Antérion, Catherine ^b   Antoine, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^c INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^d HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Controlateral activation; DTI; FMRI; Plasticity; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND MOVEMENT; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

CONTROLATERAL ACTIVATION; DTI; FMRI; PLASTICITY; PROGNOSIS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; ARM; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; OXYGEN; PARIETAL LOBE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 84883808047     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22070     Document Type: Article

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