Myelin paucity of the superior cerebellar peduncle in individuals with Friedreich ataxia: an MRI magnetization transfer imaging study

Louise A Corben; Saman R Kashuk; Hamed Akhlaghi; Sharna Jamadar; Martin B Delatycki; Joanne Fielding; Beth Johnson; Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis; Gary F Egan

Journal article

Myelin paucity of the superior cerebellar peduncle in individuals with Friedreich ataxia: an MRI magnetization transfer imaging study

Louise A Corben, Saman R Kashuk, Hamed Akhlaghi, Sharna Jamadar, Martin B Delatycki, Joanne Fielding, Beth Johnson, Nellie Georgiou-Karistianis, Gary F Egan

Journal of the Neurological Sciences | ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV | Published : 2014

DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2014.05.057

University of Melbourne Researchers

Gary Egan Author Anatomy and Neuroscience

Hamed Akhlaghi Author Medical Education

Martin Delatycki Author Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Louise Corben Author Paediatrics Royal Children's Hospital

Joanne Fielding Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Grants

Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank the participants for their involvement in this study and the staff at Monash Biomedical Imaging, Monash University, Victoria. Funding for this study was from a Monash Biomedical Imaging Psychology Department Grant. LAC is an early career fellow, MBD is a practitioner fellow, GE is a research fellow-all of the National Health and Medical Research Council. SRK is the recipient of a Victoria University Postgraduate Research Scholarship. The authors also wish to acknowledge the support of the Friedreich Ataxia Research Alliance (USA) and the Friedreich Ataxia Research Association (Australasia).