Neurology
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Abstract Freely available
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Correspondence:
Submit a response
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when Correspondence are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Berg, D.
Right arrow Articles by Becker, G.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Berg, D.
Right arrow Articles by Becker, G.
Related Collections
Right arrow Ultrasound
Right arrow All Movement Disorders
Right arrow Gait disorders/ataxia
Right arrow Parkinson's disease/Parkinsonism

Relationship of substantia nigra echogenicity and motor function in elderly subjects

Daniela Berg, MD, Christiane Siefker, Petra Ruprecht-Dörfler, MD and Georg Becker, MD

From the Department of Neurology, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany.



View larger version (20K):

[in a new window]
  		Figure 1. Elderly subjects with more extended hyperechogenic areas at the substantia nigra (SN) showed more severe motor deficits as determined by the Columbia University Rating Scale (CURS). Difference in CURS was significant (p < 0.001; U test).

 


View larger version (24K):

[in a new window]
  		Figure 2. Comparison of finger-tapping frequencies in individuals with area of substantia nigra (SN) echogenicity >0.2 and <=0.2cm2. Comparison was significant (p = 0.04; U test).

 




HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 2001 by AAN Enterprises, Inc.