Executive function following child stroke: The impact of lesion location

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 279-287

  Long, Brian ^b   Spencer Smith, Megan M ^a,b   Jacobs, Rani ^a   Mackay, Mark ^a,c   Leventer, Richard ^a,b,c   Barnes, Chris ^a,c   Anderson, Vicki ^a,b,c  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

attention; cognitive flexibility; executive function; lesion location; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; SUBCORTEX;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79952671515     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073810380049     Document Type: Article

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