Decreased prefrontal cortex activity in mild traumatic brain injury during performance of an auditory oddball task

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 232-247

  Witt, Suzanne T ^a   Lovejoy, David W ^b,c   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^a,d   Stevens, Michael C ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory oddball; Executive function; fMRI; Mild TBI; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957657934     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-010-9102-3     Document Type: Article

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