Quantitative diffusion tensor tractography of association and projection fibers in normally developing children and adolescents

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2760-2768

  Eluvathingal, Thomas J ^a   Hasan, Khader M ^a   Kramer, Larry ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Ewing Cobbs, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Association and projection pathways; Child and adolescent brain development; Diffusion tensor tractography; Hemispheric asymmetries

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BRAIN; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 34250377876     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhm003     Document Type: Article

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