Age of onset of blindness affects brain anatomical networks constructed using diffusion tensor tractography

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 542-551

  Li, Jiajia ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Qin, Wen ^b   Jiang, Jiefeng ^a   Qiu, Zhaoxiong ^c   Xu, Jiacheng ^c   Yu, Chunshui ^b   Jiang, Tianzi ^a,d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c BEIJING UNION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

age of onset; anatomical network; blindness; diffusion tensor imaging; tractography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAIN REGION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873678480     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhs034     Document Type: Article

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