Cerebellar pathology in Friedreich's ataxia: Atrophied dentate nuclei with normal iron content

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 6, Issue , 2014, Pages 93-99

  Solbach, K ^a   Kraff, O ^a   Minnerop, M ^b,c   Beck, A ^d   Schols L ^e,f,g   Gizewski, E R ^a   Ladd, M E ^a   Timmann, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^g GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dentate iron content; Dentate nuclei; Friedreich's ataxia; Relaxometry; Ultra high field MRI; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

IRON; IDEBENONE; PROTON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE NUCLEUS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; GRADIENT ECHO SEQUENCE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSVERSE RELAXATION RATE; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SUSCEPTIBILITY WEIGHTED IMAGING; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER; WHOLE BODY SCANNER; YOUNG ADULT; AGE; BRAIN ATROPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ATROPHY; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ATROPHY; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBELLUM; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84907303923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2014.08.018     Document Type: Article

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