Diffusion tensor imaging of hemispheric asymmetries in the developing brain

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-218

  Wilde, Elisabeth A ^a,b   McCauley, Stephen R ^a   Chu, Zili ^b   Hunter, Jill V ^b,c   Bigler, Erin D ^d,e   Yallampalli, Ragini ^f   Wang, Zhiyue J ^b   Hanten, Gerri ^a   Li, Xiaoqi ^a   Ramos, Marco A ^a   Sabir, Sharjeel H ^b,c   Vasquez, Ana C ^a   Menefee, Deleene ^a   Levin, Harvey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Arithmetic; Asymmetry; Brain; Children; Diffusion tensor imaging; Reading

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CAPSULA INTERNA; CHILD; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 65349139392     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390802098118     Document Type: Article

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