Regional alterations in cortical thickness and white matter integrity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 412-421

  Zhang, Jiuquan ^a   Yin, Xuntao ^a,b   Zhao, Lu ^b   Evans, Alan C ^b   Song, Lingheng ^a   Xie, Bing ^a   Li, Haitao ^a   Luo, Chunxia ^a   Wang, Jian ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Corpus callosum; Cortical thickness; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Probabilistic diffusion tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84899048501     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7215-5     Document Type: Article

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