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Expanding the Distinctive Neuroimaging Phenotype of ACTA2 Mutations.

Felice D'ArcoCésar Augusto Pinheiro Ferreira AlvesC RaybaudW K Kling ChongG E IshakS RamjiM GrimaAnthony J BarkovichVijeya Ganesan
Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2018)
Because α-actin is not expressed in the brain parenchyma, only in vascular tissue, we speculate that rather than a true malformative process, these findings represent a deformation of the brain during development related to the mechanical interaction with rigid arteries during the embryogenesis.
Keyphrases
  • resting state
  • white matter
  • functional connectivity
  • cerebral ischemia
  • brain injury