Parametric manipulation of working memory load in traumatic brain injury: Behavioral and neural correlates

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 724-741

  Perlstein, William M ^a,b   Cole, Michael A ^a   Demery, Jason A ^a   Seignourel, Paul J ^a   Dixit, Neha K ^a   Larson, Michael J ^a   Briggs, Richard W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Traumatic brain injury; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN REGION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 4644310786     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617704105110     Document Type: Article

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