The nature of processing speed deficits in traumatic brain injury: Is less brain more?

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-154

  Hillary, Frank G ^a,b   Genova, Helen M ^c   Medaglia, John D ^a   Fitzpatrick, Neal M ^b   Chiou, Kathy S ^a   Wardecker, Britney M ^a   Franklin Jr , Robert G ^a   Wang, Jianli ^b   DeLuca, John ^c,d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Processing speed; Reorganization; TBI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL RECRUITMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953534663     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9094-z     Document Type: Article

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