Object Working Memory Performance Depends on Microstructure of the Frontal-Occipital Fasciculus

Brain Connectivity

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 317-329

  Walsh, Megan ^a   Montojo, Caroline A ^a   Sheu, yi Shin ^a   Marchette, Steven A ^a   Harrison, Daniel M ^b   Newsome, Scott D ^b   Zhou, Feng ^a   Shelton, Amy L ^a,b   Courtney, Susan M ^a,b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; imaging, functional magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; white matter; working memory

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655162909     PISSN: 21580014     EISSN: 21580022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/brain.2011.0037     Document Type: Article

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