Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 296, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , 15 September 2010

Changes in the volumes of the brain and cerebrospinal fluid spaces after shunt surgery in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus

  • Kotaro Hiraoka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +81 22 717 7358; fax: +81 22 717 7360.
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  • Hiroshi Yamasaki

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Masahito Takagi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Makoto Saito

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Yoshiyuki Nishio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Osamu Iizuka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Shigenori Kanno

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Hirokazu Kikuchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Takeo Kondo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
    • ,
  • Etsuro Mori

      Affiliations

    • Department of Behavioral Neurology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8575, Japan

Received 7 December 2009 ,Revised 22 June 2010 ,Accepted 23 June 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.06.021

Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Volume 296, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12 , 15 September 2010

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