Focal thinning of the motor cortex mirrors clinical features of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their phenotypes: A neuroimaging study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 260, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2856-2864

  Schuster, Christina ^a   Kasper, Elisabeth ^a   Machts, Judith ^a   Bittner, Daniel ^b   Kaufmann, Jörn ^b   Benecke, Reiner ^c   Teipel, Stefan ^a,c   Vielhaber, Stefan ^a,b   Prudlo, Johannes ^a,c  

^a GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Cortical thickness; FreeSurfer; Upper motor neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS RATING SCALE; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY LATERAL SCLEROSIS; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RATING SCALE; THICKNESS;

AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR NEURONS;

EID: 84889564524     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7083-z     Document Type: Article

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