MR imaging and localized proton spectroscopy of the precentral gyrus in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

BC Bowen, PM Pattany, WG Bradley… - American Journal …, 2000 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: In the search for a diagnostic test for amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS), especially upper motor neuron (UMN) involvement, MR imaging and proton …

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy in patients with early stages of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Š Sivák, M Bittšanský, E Kurča… - Neuroradiology, 2010 - Springer
Introduction Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative
disorder primarily affecting upper and lower motor neurons. Due to relative fast progression …

Magnetic resonance imaging and 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

P Sarchielli, GP Pelliccioli, R Tarducci, P Chiarini… - Neuroradiology, 2001 - Springer
We aimed to increase confidence in the combined use of MRI and proton MR spectroscopy
(1 H-MRS) in diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We investigated 12 patients …

Study of the features of proton MR spectroscopy (1H‐MRS) on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

J Han, L Ma - Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: An …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To study the features of proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (1H‐MRS) on
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and its relation with clinical scale. Materials and …

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the primary motor cortex in patients with motor neuron disease: subgroup analysis and follow-up measurements

W Block, J Karitzky, F Träber, C Pohl… - Archives of …, 1998 - jamanetwork.com
Objectives To determine the motor cortex degeneration in patients with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and to prove that proton …

Motor neuron diseases: comparison of single-voxel proton MR spectroscopy of the motor cortex with MR imaging of the brain

S Chan, DC Shungu, A Douglas-Akinwande, DJ Lange… - Radiology, 1999 - pubs.rsna.org
PURPOSE: To evaluate single-voxel proton magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy in
detection of abnormality of the upper motor neuron in patients with motor neuron diseases …

Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy of the motor cortex in 70 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

C Pohl, W Block, J Karitzky, F Träber… - Archives of …, 2001 - jamanetwork.com
Objective To evaluate proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy for detection and monitoring
of upper motoneuron degeneration in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Methods …

The corticospinal tract in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: an MRI study

E Hofmann, G Ochs, A Pelzl, M Warmuth-Metz - Neuroradiology, 1998 - Springer
Cortical motor neurone loss and corticospinal tract (CST) degeneration are typical of
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is a matter of debate whether qualitative assessment …

1H-MRS evidence of neurodegeneration and excess glutamate glutamine in ALS medulla

EP Pioro, AW Majors, H Mitsumoto, DR Nelson, TC Ng - Neurology, 1999 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: To determine whether short echo-time (TE) proton magnetic resonance
spectroscopic imaging (1H-MRSI) can detect in vivo differences in signal intensities of …

Hyperintense and hypointense MRI signals of the precentral gyrus and corticospinal tract in ALS: a follow-up examination including FLAIR images

MJ Hecht, F Fellner, C Fellner, MJ Hilz… - Journal of the …, 2002 - Elsevier
In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) patients, hyperintense signals at the subcortical
precentral gyrus in brain fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR images have been …