White matter abnormalities and executive function in children with very low birth weight

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-266

  Skranes, Jon ^a,c,d   Lohaugen, Gro C ^a,d   Martinussen, Marit ^a,c   Indredavik, Marit S ^a,c   Dale, Anders M ^b,f   Haraldseth, Olav ^b   Vangberg, Torgil R ^e   Brubakk, Ann Mari ^a,c  

^a Children and Women's Health ^*  (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Section for Gastroenterology   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Diffusion tensor imaging; Executive function; Very low birth weight; Wisconsin card sorting test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WHITE MATTER; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATIONS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 62149150363     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32832027fe     Document Type: Article

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