MR Spectroscopy of the Cervical Spinal Cord in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

Patrik Oliver Wyss,Eveline Huber,Armin Curt,Spyros Kollias,Patrick Freund,Anke Henning

MR Spectroscopy of the Cervical Spinal Cord in Chronic Spinal Cord Injury

2019

Patrik Oliver Wyss
Eveline Huber
Armin Curt
Spyros Kollias
Patrick Freund
Anke Henning

In patients with chronic spinal cord injury, metabolic alterations are detected superior to the spinal cord lesion level at MR spectroscopy. These alterations likely reflect neurodegeneration, demyelination, and astrocytic gliosis in the injured cervical cord.

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Neurodegeneration
Spinal cord
In vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Cord
Pathology
Astrocytic gliosis
Spinal cord injury
Spinal cord lesion
Medicine
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Radiology

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