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ArticleBrain and behavior2021

Magnetic resonance tractography exhibiting retrograde degeneration of the corticospinal tract in a patient with a unilateral spinal cord tumor.

Yusuke Osaki, Wataru Sako, Masafumi Harada, Yuishin Izumi

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yusuke OsakiDepartment of Neurology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6588-5442
Wataru SakoDepartment of Neurology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2009-2486
Masafumi HaradaDepartment of Radiology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
Yuishin IzumiDepartment of Neurology, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Japan.
Tokushima University Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransection-induced axonal retrograde degeneration, in contrast to Wallerian degeneration, has not been widely recognized in clinical practice. AIMS OF THE STUDY: To assess a potential of corticospinal tractography for detecting axonal retrograde degeneration.

methodsWe assessed the corticospinal tractography of a 74-year-old woman with monoplegia of the lower limb due to a unilateral thoracic spinal cord tumor.

resultsThe tractography revealed integrity reduction of the corticospinal tract in the cerebra contralateral to the spinal cord tumor.

conclusionsThe present report supports that magnetic resonance tractography has the potential for detecting this under-recognized phenomenon.

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Spinal Cord InjuriesSpinal Cord NeoplasmsAgedFemaleHumansMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyPyramidal TractsRetrograde DegenerationSpinal Cordcorticospinal tractsdiffusion tractographyretrograde degenerationspinal cord neoplasms

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PMID33638938
PMCPMC8035459
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