Altered fronto-striato-thalamic connectivity in children with Tourette syndrome assessed with diffusion tensor MRI and probabilistic fiber tracking

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 669-678

  Makki, Malek I ^a   Munian Govindan, Rajkumar ^a   Wilson, Benjamin J ^a   Behen, Michael E ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber tracking; Fronto striato thalamic pathway; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN SIZE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTOSTRIATOTHALAMIC CIRCUIT; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PUTAMEN; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; ORGAN SIZE; PROBABILITY; THALAMUS; TOURETTE SYNDROME;

EID: 66849101654     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808327838     Document Type: Article

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