Assessment of Structural Connectivity in the Preterm Brain at Term Equivalent Age Using Diffusion MRI and T2 Relaxometry: A Network-Based Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Pannek, Kerstin ^a   Hatzigeorgiou, Xanthy ^a,b   Colditz, Paul B ^a   Rose, Stephen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSION; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MYELINATION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; T2 RELAXOMETRY; TRACTOGRAPHY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MALE; NERVE NET; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH; TERM BIRTH;

EID: 84881327585     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068593     Document Type: Article

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