| Literature DB >> 18635020 |
Olga Ciccarelli1, Marco Catani, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Chris Clark, Alan Thompson.
Abstract
Diffusion-based tractography enables the graphical reconstruction of the white matter pathways in the brain and spinal cord of living humans. This technique has many potential clinical applications, including the investigation of stroke, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, neurodegenerative diseases, and spinal cord disorders, and it enables hypotheses to be tested that could not previously be considered in living humans. This Review will outline the limitations of tractography, describe its current clinical applications in the most common neurological diseases, and highlight future opportunities.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18635020 DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70163-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet Neurol ISSN: 1474-4422 Impact factor: 44.182