Anomalous development of brain structure and function in spina bifida myelomeningocele

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Juranek, Jenifer ^a   Salman, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Chiari II malformation; Corpus callosum; Cortex; Function; Neuroimaging; Structure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINA BIFIDA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77951659234     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 10982779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.88     Document Type: Review

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