Postconcussion syndrome after minor head injury: Brain activation of working memory and attention

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2789-2803

  Smits, Marion ^a   Dippel, Diederik W J ^a   Houston, Gavin C ^b   Wielopolski, Piotr A ^a   Koudstaal, Peter J ^a   Myriam Hunink, M G ^a,c   Van Der Lugt, Aad ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GE HEALTHCARE   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Concussion; Functional neuroimaging; MRI fMRI; Postconcussion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SUBICULUM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WORKING MEMORY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249115766     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20709     Document Type: Article

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