Increased Gray Matter Diffusion Anisotropy in Patients with Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms following Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Bouix, Sylvain ^a   Pasternak, Ofer ^a   Rathi, Yogesh ^a   Pelavin, Paula E ^a   Zafonte, Ross ^b,c   Shenton, Martha E ^a,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN INJURIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84878950298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066205     Document Type: Article

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