Brain region white matter associations with visual selective attention

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 262-273

  Seiler, Christie Burger ^a   Jones, Kelly E ^a   Shera, David ^b   Armstrong, Carol L ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Cingulate; Myelin; Neuroimaging; Normal cognition; Prefrontal; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAGNETIZATION TRANSFER IMAGING RATIO; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; THALAMUS; VISUAL SELECTIVE ATTENTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ATTENTION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THALAMUS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80355144579     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-011-9130-7     Document Type: Article

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