Gray matter alteration in patients with restless legs syndrome: A voxel-based morphometry study

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 20-25

  Chang, Yongmin ^a   Chang, Hyuk Won ^b   Song, Huijin ^a   Ku, Jeonghun ^b   Earley, Christopher J ^c   Allen, Richard P ^c   Cho, Yong Won ^b  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Dongsan Medical Center   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Gray matter; MRI; Restless legs syndrome; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

FRONTAL AREAS; GRAY MATTER; GRAY MATTER VOLUMES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS; VOXEL-BASED MORPHOMETRY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER ALTERATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETAL LOBE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; GRAY MATTER; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME;

EID: 84916208964     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2014.07.010     Document Type: Article

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