The impact of spinal cord nerve roots and denticulate ligaments on cerebrospinal fluid dynamics in the cervical spine

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Pahlavian, Soroush Heidari ^a   Yiallourou, Theresia ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Bunck, Alexander C ^d   Loth, Francis ^e   Goodin, Mark ^f   Raisee, Mehrdad ^a   Martin, Bryn A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c Children's of Alabama   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e University of Akron   (United States)

^f SimuTech Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HERNIA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTICULATE LIGAMENT; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGAMENT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPINAL ROOT; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SYRINGOMYELIA;

ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CERVICAL CORD; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 84899417669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091888     Document Type: Article

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