White matter integrity and math performance in pediatric multiple sclerosis: A diffusion tensor imaging study

NeuroReport

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 1005-1009

  Till, Christine ^a,b   Deotto, Angela ^a   Tipu, Vicentiu ^b   Sled, John G ^b   Bethune, Allison ^b   Narayanan, Sridar ^d   Arnold, Doug L ^d   Banwell, Brenda L ^b,c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

arithmetic ability; diffusion tensor imaging; fractional anisotropy; pediatric multiple sclerosis; white matter

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855218576     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: 1473558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32834dc301     Document Type: Article

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