Striatal Infarction Elicits Secondary Extrafocal MRI Changes in Ipsilateral Substantia Nigra.

Focal ischemia may induce pathological alterations in brain areas distant from the primary lesion. In animal models, exofocal neuron death in the ipsilateral midbrain has been described after occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). Using sequential magnetic resonance imaging (T2- and diffusio...

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Main Authors: Benjamin Winter, Peter Brunecker, Jochen B Fiebach, Gerhard Jan Jungehulsing, Golo Kronenberg, Matthias Endres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4556671?pdf=render