Undecussated superior cerebellar peduncles and absence of the dorsal transverse pontine fibers: A new axonal guidance disorder?

Cerebellum

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 536-540

  Kweldam, Charlotte F ^a   Gwynn, Hilary ^b   Vashist, Alpa ^c   Hoon, Alexander H ^b,d   Huisman, Thierry A G M ^a   Poretti, Andrea ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal guidance disorder; Diffusion tensor imaging; Superior cerebellar peduncles; Transverse pontine fibers

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PONS; WHITE MATTER;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PONS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84904596590     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-014-0562-7     Document Type: Article

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