Cortical thickness in ALS: Towards a marker for upper motor neuron involvement

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 288-294

  Walhout, Renée ^a   Westeneng, Henk Jan ^a   Verstraete, Esther ^a   Hendrikse, Jeroen ^a   Veldink, Jan H ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Martijn P ^a   Van Den Berg, Leonard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSIFORM CORTEX; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWER MOTOR NEURON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR HOMUNCULUS; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; UPPER MOTOR NEURON; AGED; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84923209260     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2013-306839     Document Type: Article

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