Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Axial diffusivity is increased in the degenerating superior cerebellar peduncles of Friedreich's ataxia.

Neuroradiology. 2010 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]

Della Nave R, Ginestroni A, Diciotti S, Salvatore E, Soricelli A, Mascalchi M., S. Giuseppe Hospital, Radiodiagnostic Section, Empoli, Italy.

Keywords: Decreased fractional anisotropy (FA), diffusion tensor MR imaging (DTI), white matter (WM), radial diffusivity, axial diffusivity, Friedreich's ataxia (FRDA), selective neuronal loss, dentate nuclei, cerebellar peduncles (SCPs), TBSS analysis.