The role of the thalamus in neuro-cognitive dysfunction in early unilateral hemispheric injury: A multimodality imaging study of children with Sturge-Weber syndrome

European Journal of Paediatric Neurology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 425-433

  Alkonyi, Bálint ^a,b   Chugani, Harry T ^a,b   Behen, Michael ^a,b   Halverson, Stacey ^a   Helder, Emily ^a   Makki, Malek I ^a,b   Juhász, Csaba ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Diffusion tensor imaging; Glucose metabolism; Positron Emission Tomography; Sturge Weber syndrome; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOSE; LAMOTRIGINE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN METABOLISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL HYPOMETABOLISM; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BRAIN LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; THALAMUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGNOSIS; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME; THALAMUS;

EID: 77957190867     PISSN: 10903798     EISSN: 15322130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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