Quantitative evaluation of the axonal degeneration of central motor neurons in chronic cerebral stroke with diffusion tensor imaging

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 114-120

  Lai, Can ^a   Zhou, Hai Chun ^a   Ma, Xiao Hui ^a   Zhang, Hong Xi ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

Axonal degeneration; Central motor neuron; Chronic cerebral stroke; Diffusion tensor imaging; Quantitative evaluation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOLECULES; TENSORS;

APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; AXONAL DEGENERATION; CHRONIC CEREBRAL STROKE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MOTOR NEURONS; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

NEURONS;

WATER;

ADULT; AGED; APPARENT DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL INTENSITY; TENSOR EIGENVALUES; VOLUME RATIO;

AXONAL DEGENERATION; CENTRAL MOTOR NEURON; CHRONIC CEREBRAL STROKE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; STROKE;

EID: 84896741921     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0284185113492456     Document Type: Article

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