Diffusion tensor imaging analysis of sequential spreading of disease in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis confirms patterns of TDP-43 pathology

Brain

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1733-1740

  Kassubek, Jan ^a   Müller, Hans Peter ^a   Del Tredici, Kelly ^a   Brettschneider, Johannes ^a   Pinkhardt, Elmar H ^a   Lulé, Dorothée ^a   Böhm, Sarah ^a   Braak, Heiko ^a   Ludolph, Albert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; magnetic resonance imaging; motor neuron disease; staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PERFORANT NERVE TRACT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RATING SCALE; TDP 43 PROTEINOPATHY; WHITE MATTER;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; STAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84901475346     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu090     Document Type: Article

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