Volumetric variation in subregions of the cerebellum correlates with working memory performance

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-51

  Ding, Hui ^a   Qin, Wen ^a   Jiang, Tianzi ^b   Zhang, Yunting ^a   Yu, Chunshui ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Magnetic resonance imaging; Voxel based morphometry; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855955143     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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