Detection of changes in the periaqueductal gray matter of patients with episodic migraine using quantitative diffusion kurtosis imaging: preliminary findings | Zendy

Kenji Ito | Zendy; Masako Kudo | Zendy; Makoto Sasaki | Zendy; Ayumi Saito | Zendy; Fumio Yamashita | Zendy; Taisuke Harada | Zendy; Suguru Yokosawa | Zendy; Ikuko Uwano | Zendy; Hiroyuki Kameda | Zendy; Yasuo Terayama | Zendy

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Detection of changes in the periaqueductal gray matter of patients with episodic migraine using quantitative diffusion kurtosis imaging: preliminary findings

Author(s) -

Kenji Ito,

Masako Kudo,

Makoto Sasaki,

Ayumi Saito,

Fumio Yamashita,

Taisuke Harada,

Suguru Yokosawa,

Ikuko Uwano,

Hiroyuki Kameda,

Yasuo Terayama

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

neuroradiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.811

H-Index - 94

eISSN - 1432-1920

pISSN - 0028-3940

DOI - 10.1007/s00234-015-1603-8

Subject(s) - medicine , neuroradiology , migraine , kurtosis , neurology , diffusion mri , diffusion imaging , neurosurgery , neuroimaging , periaqueductal gray , gray (unit) , magnetic resonance imaging , neuroscience , radiology , psychiatry , central nervous system , psychology , midbrain , statistics , mathematics

The periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) is considered to play an important role in generating migraine, but findings from imaging studies remain unclear. Therefore, we investigated whether diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) can detect changes in the PAG of migraine patients.

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