Secondary Signal Change and an Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Decrease of the Substantia Nigra After Striatal Infarction | Zendy

Makoto Nakajima | Zendy; Yuichiro Inatomi | Zendy; Takashi Okigawa | Zendy; Toshiro Yonehara | Zendy; Teruyuki Hirano | Zendy

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Secondary Signal Change and an Apparent Diffusion Coefficient Decrease of the Substantia Nigra After Striatal Infarction

Author(s) -

Makoto Nakajima,

Yuichiro Inatomi,

Takashi Okigawa,

Toshiro Yonehara,

Teruyuki Hirano

Publication year - 2012

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.112.673020

Subject(s) - substantia nigra , globus pallidus , medicine , basal ganglia , internal capsule , infarction , stroke (engine) , effective diffusion coefficient , cerebral infarction , cardiology , pathology , magnetic resonance imaging , radiology , white matter , central nervous system , dopamine , dopaminergic , ischemia , myocardial infarction , mechanical engineering , engineering

Diffusion-weighted imaging can depict secondary signal change of the substantia nigra of patients with ipsilateral striatal infarction via a decrease in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC). Clinical predictors of this phenomenon remain unclear.

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