Normal-Appearing Cerebellar Damage in Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder [ADULT BRAIN]

CONCLUSIONS:
We have shown that the damage in cerebellar normal-appearing white matter and normal-appearing gray matter is associated with aquaporin-4–mediated primary damage or axonal degeneration secondary to spinal lesions or both. The etiologic classifications of substructure-specific occult cerebellar damage may facilitate developing neuroimaging markers for assessing the severity and the results of therapy of neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder occult cerebellar damage.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - July 7, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Sun, J., Zhang, N., Wang, Q., Zhang, X., Qin, W., Yang, L., Shi, F.- D., Yu, C. Tags: ADULT BRAIN Source Type: research