Associations between proprioceptive neural pathway structural connectivity and balance in people with multiple sclerosis

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Fling, Brett W ^a,b   Dutta, Geetanjali Gera ^a   Schlueter, Heather ^a   Cameron, Michelle H ^a,b   Horak, Fay B ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PORTLAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Proprioception; Somatosensory cortex; Somatosensory disorders; White matter pathways

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PROPRIOCEPTION; PROPRIOCEPTIVE NEURAL PATHWAY STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84933671097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00814     Document Type: Article

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