Corticospinal Tract Pre-Wallerian Degeneration
Author(s) -
Trish Domi,
Gabrielle deVeber,
Manohar Shroff,
Elizabeth Kouzmitcheva,
Daune MacGregor,
Adam Kirton
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.108.529958
Subject(s) - medicine , hemiparesis , corticospinal tract , cerebral peduncle , stroke (engine) , wallerian degeneration , abnormality , diffusion mri , pediatric stroke , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cardiology , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , internal capsule , ischemia , ischemic stroke , pathology , angiography , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering , white matter
In neonatal arterial ischemic stroke, pre-Wallerian degeneration in descending corticospinal tracts (DCST) on diffusion MRI (DWI) predicts poor outcome. This signal has not been studied in older children.
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