Maturation of white matter is associated with the development of cognitive functions during childhood

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1227-1233

  Nagy, Zoltan ^a   Westerberg, Helena ^a   Klingberg, Torkel ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANISOTROPY; AXONS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PARIETAL LOBE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 4644340253     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/0898929041920441     Document Type: Article

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