Tractography demonstrates dentate-rubro-thalamic tract disruption in an adult with cerebellar mutism

Cerebellum

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 617-622

  Van Baarsen, Kirsten ^a   Kleinnijenhuis, Michiel ^a,b   Konert, Tom ^a   Van Cappellen Van Walsum, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Grotenhuis, André ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebellar mutism; Dentate rubrothalamic (DRT) tract; Pons; Posterior fossa syndrome (PFS); Superior cerebellar peduncle (SCP); Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR MUTISM; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; DENTATE RUBRO THALAMIC TRACT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MUTISM; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARESIS; PONS; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISORDER; TONGUE DISEASE; VERTIGO;

ANISOTROPY; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTISM; PONS; THALAMUS;

EID: 84889264971     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-013-0473-z     Document Type: Article

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