White matter integrity in the brains of professional soccer players without a symptomatic concussion

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 1859-1861

  Koerte, Inga K ^a   Ertl Wagner, Birgit ^b   Reiser, Maximilian ^b   Zafonte, Ross ^a   Shenton, Martha E ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULUM; ATHLETE; AXIAL DIFUSIVITY; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CAPSULA INTERNA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMYELINATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTERNAL CAPSULE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; LETTER; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL DIFUSIVITY; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; SPORT INJURY; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; SWIMMING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INTEGRITY;

EID: 84868632248     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.13735     Document Type: Letter

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