Neural connection between injured cingulum and pedunculopontine nucleus in a patient with traumatic brain injury

NeuroRehabilitation

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 143-146

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

axonal injury; brain plasticity; Cingulum; diffusion tensor imaging; head trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CINGULATE GYRUS; CINGULUM INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FOREBRAIN; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDUNCULOPONTINE NUCLEUS INJURY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84866859287     PISSN: 10538135     EISSN: 18786448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/NRE-2012-0783     Document Type: Article

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