MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF PATIENTS WITH INTENTION TREMOR

被引:4
作者
FUKUHARA, T
GOTOH, M
ASARI, S
OHMOTO, T
机构
[1] Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama
关键词
CEREBELLO-RUBRAL THALAMIC TRACT; DENTATE NUCLEUS; INTENTION TREMOR; MRI; RED NUCLEUS;
D O I
10.1016/0895-6111(94)90060-4
中图分类号
R318 [生物医学工程];
学科分类号
0831 ;
摘要
We evaluated the magnetic resonance images of the patients with intention tremor. Five patients out of seven had some atrophic structures or changes in signal intensity in the cerebello-rubral thalamic tract. Moreover, the T-2-weighted images of the patients group detected the dentate and red nuclei more poorly than those of our control group. From these results, the etiological significance of the tract was confirmed and the mechanism of the intention tremor onset was discussed.
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