Working memory and corpus callosum microstructural integrity after pediatric traumatic brain injury: A diffusion tensor tractography study

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 30, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 1609-1619

  Treble, Amery ^a   Hasan, Khader M ^b   Iftikhar, Amal ^b   Stuebing, Karla K ^a   Kramer, Larry A ^c   Cox, Charles S ^c   Swank, Paul R ^b   Ewing Cobbs, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

axonal injury; cognitive function; diffusion tensor imaging; pediatric brain injury

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885097338     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2013.2934     Document Type: Article

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