White matter integrity is associated with cognitive processing in patients treated for a posterior fossa brain tumor

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1185-1193

  Palmer, Shawna L ^a   Glass, John O ^a   Li, Yimei ^a   Ogg, Robert ^a   Qaddoumi, Ibrahim ^a   Armstrong, Gregory T ^a   Wright, Karen ^a   Wetmore, Cynthia ^a   Broniscer, Alberto ^a   Gajjar, Amar ^a   Reddick, Wilburn E ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; FA; Medulloblastoma; Processing speed; TBSS

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIATION; BRAIN REGION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TERATOID RHABDOID TUMOR; TERATOMA; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867551755     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nos154     Document Type: Article

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