Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Scientists at Max Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine target amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Published in Medical Imaging Law Weekly, July 22nd, 2008
Research findings, 'Callosal dysfunction in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis correlates with diffusion tensor imaging of the central motor system,' are discussed in a new report. According to a study from Germany, "We investigated the frequency and functional relevance of corpus callosum degeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). A total of 22 ALS patients and 29 healthy controls performed the newly developed Contralateral Co-Movement Test as indicator of callosal dysfunction."
"Diffusion tensor imaging was applied to determine fractional anisotropy values in the callosal area containing the crossing motor fibers and in the pyramidal tracts in 13 subjects of each...
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