Structural brain network imaging shows expanding disconnection of the motor system in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1351-1361

  Verstraete, Esther ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a   van den Berg, Leonard H ^a   Van den Heuvel, Martijn P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Connectivity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neural networks; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SYSTEM; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN; FRONTAL LOBE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TRACT; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARIETAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896393813     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22258     Document Type: Article

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