Diffusion tensor quantification and cognitive correlates of the macrostructure and microstructure of the corpus callosum in typically developing and dyslexic children

NMR in Biomedicine

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1263-1270

  Hasan, Khader M ^a   Molfese, David L ^b   Walimuni, Indika S ^a   Stuebing, Karla K ^b   Papanicolaou, Andrew C ^a   Narayana, Ponnada A ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Corpus callosum; Development; Diffusion tensor imaging; Dyslexia; Healthy; Letter Word ID; Macrostructure; Microstructure; Passage comprehension; Reading disorders

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DEVELOPMENT; DYSLEXIA; HEALTHY; LETTER-WORD ID; MACROSTRUCTURES; PASSAGE COMPREHENSION; READING DISORDERS;

ANISOTROPY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE;

TENSORS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; CHILD; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE;

EID: 84868141534     PISSN: 09523480     EISSN: 10991492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.2797     Document Type: Article

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