Functional magnetic resonance imaging of mild traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 256-266

  Jantzen, Kelly J ^a  

^a WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

blood oxygen level dependent; concussion; functional magnetic resonance imaging; literature review; mild brain injury; recovery of function; working memory

Indexed keywords

BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN INJURIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

BRAIN INJURIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77954635704     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e3181e5477c     Document Type: Review

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