Diffusion tensor imaging evidence of white matter disruption associated with loss versus alteration of consciousness in warfighters exposed to combat in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom

Psychiatry Research - Neuroimaging

Volumn 204, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 149-154

  Matthews, Scott C ^a,b,c,d   Spadoni, Andrea D ^a,b   Lohr, James B ^a,c   Strigo, Irina A ^a,b,c   Simmons, Alan N ^a,b,c  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STRESS AND MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Depression; Diffusion tensor imaging; Loss of consciousness; PTSD; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; NEUROIMAGING; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERAN; WHITE MATTER LESION;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ANXIETY; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRAQ WAR, 2003 - 2011; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872376816     PISSN: 09254927     EISSN: 18727506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2012.04.018     Document Type: Article

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