| Literature DB >> 19653028 |
Sarah H Ying, Bennett A Landman, Shwetadwip Chowdhury, Alexander H Sinofsky, Anna Gambini, Susumu Mori, David S Zee, Jerry L Prince.
Abstract
The cerebellar peduncles are excellent candidates for composite indicators of regional degeneration in posterior fossa structures, as the peduncles show histopathological changes in degenerative ataxia. We postulate that magnetic resonance imaging will reveal evidence of disease specific peduncle degeneration through macrostructural (cross-sectional area) and microstructural (fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity) measures. This study presents a "proof of principle" using orthogonal diffusion tensor imaging cross-sections of the cerebellar peduncles to distinguish categories of cerebellar disease.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19653028 PMCID: PMC2789274 DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5269-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol ISSN: 0340-5354 Impact factor: 4.849