Degeneration and plasticity of the optic pathway in AlströmSyndrome

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 160-165

  Manara, R ^a   Citton, Valentina ^b   Maffei, P ^c   Marshall, J D ^d   Naggert, J K ^d   Milan, G ^c   Vettor, R ^c   Baglione, A ^e   Vitale, A ^a   Briani, C ^e   Di Salle, F ^a   Favaro, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS SAN CAMILLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL OPERCULUM; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VISUAL SYSTEM; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALSTROM SYNDROME; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; VISUAL PATHWAYS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920984159     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4115     Document Type: Article

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