Simple dual tasking recruits prefrontal cortices in chronic severe traumatic brain injury patients, but not in controls

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1057-1070

  Rasmussen Jr , Inge André ^a   Xu, Jian ^a,b   Antonsen, Ida Kristin ^b   Brunner, Jan ^b   Skandsen, Toril ^a,b   Axelson, David E ^c   Berntsen, Erik M ^a   Lydersen, Stian ^a   Håberg, Asta ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c MRi Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate cortex; Attention; Executive; MRI; White matter injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

EID: 51849104817     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2008.0520     Document Type: Article

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