Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1827-1833 , December 2006

Longitudinal changes in white matter following ischemic stroke: A three-year follow-up study

  • Changsheng Wang

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    • Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Room 341B, 1735 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 312 942 2249; fax: +1 312 563 3571.
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  • Glenn T. Stebbins

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    • Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Room 341B, 1735 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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  • David L. Nyenhuis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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  • Leyla deToledo-Morrell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Room 341B, 1735 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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  • Sally Freels

      Affiliations

    • School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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  • Eugenia Gencheva

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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  • Laura Pedelty

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
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  • Kumar Sripathirathan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Room 341B, 1735 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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  • Michael E. Moseley

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Stanford University, CA, USA
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  • David A. Turner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
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  • John D.E. Gabrieli

      Affiliations

    • Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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  • Philip B. Gorelick

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology and Rehabilitation, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA

Received 17 January 2005 ,Revised 26 September 2005 ,Accepted 18 October 2005.

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☆This research was supported by National Institute of Aging Grant AG17934 (PI: Philip B. Gorelick, 2000–2003, David L. Nyenhuis, 2004).

PII: S0197-4580(05)00338-6

doi: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.10.008

Neurobiology of Aging
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 1827-1833 , December 2006

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