Increased functional connectivity common to symptomatic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and those at genetic risk

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 580-588

  Menke, Ricarda A L ^a   Proudfoot, Malcolm ^a   Wuu, Joanne ^b   Andersen, Peter M ^c   Talbot, Kevin ^a   Benatar, Michael ^b   Turner, Martin R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CINGULATE GYRUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONE BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; PROTEIN; SOD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COHORT STUDIES; CONE-BEAM COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GYRUS CINGULI; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; PARIETAL LOBE; PROTEINS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE-1; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84974588533     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2015-311945     Document Type: Article

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