Exploring the relationship between white matter microstructure and working memory functioning following stroke: A single case study of computerized cognitive training

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 139-151

  Nordvik, Jan E ^a   Schanke, Anne Kristine ^a,b   Walhovd, Kristine ^a   Fjell, Anders ^a   Grydeland, Håkon ^a   LandrØ, Nils I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SUNNAAS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive rehabilitation; Computerized cognitive training; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; STROKE; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROKE;

EID: 84858408194     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.568501     Document Type: Article

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