The microstructural status of the corpus callosum is associated with the degree of motor function and neurological deficit in stroke patients

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Li, Yongxin ^a   Wu, Ping ^b   Liang, Fanrong ^b   Huang, Wenhua ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL TRACKING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CINGULUM (BRAIN); CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; WHITE MATTER DIFFUSIVITY; BRAIN MAPPING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STROKE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84929484590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122615     Document Type: Article

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