Longitudinal changes in cortical thickness in children after traumatic brain injury and their relation to behavioral regulation and emotional control

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-276

  Wilde, Elisabeth A ^a,b   Merkley, Tricia L ^a,c   Bigler, Erin D ^c,d   Max, Jeffrey E ^e,f   Schmidt, Adam T ^a   Ayoub, Kareem W ^a,g   McCauley, Stephen R ^a,b   Hunter, Jill V ^a,h   Hanten, Gerri ^a   Li, Xiaoqi ^a   Chu, Zili D ^a,h   Levin, Harvey S ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Rice University   (United States)

^h TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Child; Cortical thickness; Emotion; Frontal lobes; Imaging; Longitudinal; Traumatic brain injury; Volumetrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR RATING INVENTORY OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; BONE INJURY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS; DORSOLATERAL FRONTAL CORTEX; EMOTIONALITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; FRONTAL LOBE; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LINGUAL GYRUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ORBITAL FRONTAL CORTEX; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR FRONTAL CORTEX; SYMPTOM; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES;

EID: 84862796513     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: 1873474X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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