Reorganization of the right arcuate fasciculus following left arcuate fasciculus resection in children with intractable epilepsy

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1246-1251

  Goradia, Dhruman ^a   Chugani, Harry T ^a   Govindan, Rajkumar Munian ^a   Behen, Michael ^a   Juhász, Csaba ^a   Sood, Sandeep ^a  

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

Author keywords

arcuate fasciculus; diffusion tensor imaging; epilepsy surgery; language; plasticity; reorganization; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEFT ARCUATE FASCICULUS; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ARCUATE FASCICULUS; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80054045829     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073811402689     Document Type: Article

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