Longitudinal diffusion tensor imaging and neuropsychological correlates in traumatic brain injury patients

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE 2012, 2012, Pages

  Farbota, Kimberly D ^a,b   Bendlin, Barbara B ^a,c   Alexander, Andrew L ^c   Rowley, Howard A ^c   Dempsey, Robert J ^c   Johnson, Sterling C ^a,c  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; DTI; Longitudinal; Neuropsychology; Recovery; TBI; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OPTIC RADIATION; SAGITTAL STRATUM; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VISUOMOTOR SPEED TASK; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84864206916     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00160     Document Type: Article

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