Limbic tract anomalies in pediatric myelomeningocele and Chiari II malformation: Anatomic correlations with memory and learning - Initial investigation

Radiology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 194-202

  Vachha, Behroze ^a,b   Adams, Richard C ^a,b   Rollins, Nancy K ^b,c  

^a TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; ARNOLD CHIARI MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATRESIA; BRAIN FORNIX; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INFANT; INFORMED CONSENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEURORADIOLOGY; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANK SUM TEST; RECALL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; ARNOLD-CHIARI MALFORMATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FORNIX (BRAIN); HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LEARNING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; MENINGOMYELOCELE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745144609     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2401050674     Document Type: Article

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