A diffusion tensor imaging study of deep gray and white matter brain maturation differences between patients with spina bifida cystica and healthy controls

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 879-885

  Kumar, Manoj ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^a   Saksena, Sona ^a   Behari, Sanjay ^a   Malik, Gyanendra K ^b   Kureel, Shiv N ^b   Pandey, Chandra M ^a   Rathore, Ram K S ^c  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Gray and white matter; Spina bifida cystica

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN MATURATION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; SPINA BIFIDA CYSTICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952553674     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.041     Document Type: Article

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