Tracking sensory system atrophy and outcome prediction in spinal cord injury

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 751-761

  Grabher, Patrick ^a   Callaghan, Martina F ^b   Ashburner, John ^b   Weiskopf, Nikolaus ^b,c   Thompson, Alan J ^b   Curt, Armin ^a   Freund, Patrick ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL RELAXATION RATE MAPPING; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER SATURATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRIPLEGIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ATROPHY; BRAIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ATROPHY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945477731     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24508     Document Type: Article

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