Cognitive functions correlate with white matter architecture in a normal pediatric population: A diffusion tensor HRI study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-147

  Schmithorst, Vincent J ^a   Wilkes, Marko ^a,b   Dardzinski, Bernard J ^a   Holland, Scott K ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Diffusion tensor imaging; Intelligence; Magnetic resonance imaging; White matter architecture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 26444558090     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20149     Document Type: Article

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