Cognitive neuroactivation using SPECT and the Stroop Colored Word test in patients with diffuse brain injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1059-1069

  Goethals, Ingeborg ^a   Audenaert, Kurt ^a   Jacobs, Filip ^a   Lannoo, Engelien ^a   Van De Wiele, Christophe ^a   Ham, Hamphrey ^a   Otte, Andreas ^a   Oostra, Kristine ^a   Dierckx, Rudi ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cerebral perfusion; Cognitive activation; Diffuse brain injury; Single photon emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE ETHYL ESTER TC 99M; TOSHIBA GAMMA CAMERA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRACTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; STROOP COLORED WORD TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; REACTION TIME; READING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4143115570     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/0897715041651051     Document Type: Article

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