Abnormal cerebellar volume and corticocerebellar dysfunction in early manifest Huntington’s disease

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 859-869

  Wolf, Robert Christian ^a   Thomann, Philipp Arthur ^b   Sambataro, Fabio ^c   Wolf, Nadine Donata ^a   Vasic, Nenad ^d   Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard ^d   Süßmuth, Sigurd Dietrich ^d   Orth, Michael ^d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Center for Neuroscience and Cognitive Systems UniTn   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain function; Brain structure; Cerebellum; Huntington s disease; MRI; Resting state

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84940000251     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7642-6     Document Type: Article

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