Intellectual abilities and white matter microstructure in development: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1609-1625

  Tamnes, Christian K ^a   Østby, Ylva ^a   Walhovd, Kristine B ^a   Westlye, Lars T ^a   Due Tønnessen, Paulina ^b   Fjell, Anders M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Brain; Cognition; DTI; FA; Intelligence; Maturation; TBSS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78349274612     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.20962     Document Type: Article

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