White matter microstructure of the cingulum and cerebellar peduncle is related to sustained attention and working memory: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 477, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Takahashi, Masahiro ^a   Iwamoto, Kunihiro ^a   Fukatsu, Hiroshi ^a   Naganawa, Shinji ^a   Iidaka, Tetsuya ^a   Ozaki, Norio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Continuous Performance Test; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Magnetic resonance imaging; N back task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; COGNITION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ATTENTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM;

EID: 77953291424     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.04.031     Document Type: Article

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