Thalamus and cognitive impairment in mild traumatic brain injury: A diffusional kurtosis imaging study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 29, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 2318-2327

  Grossman, Elan J ^a   Ge, Yulin ^a   Jensen, Jens H ^a   Babb, James S ^a   Miles, Laura ^a   Reaume, Joseph ^a   Silver, Jonathan M ^a   Grossman, Robert I ^a   Inglese, Matilde ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; diffusion tensor imaging; mild traumatic brain injury; thalamus; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865634909     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2011.1763     Document Type: Article

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