Changes in the integrity of thalamocortical connections are associated with sensorimotor deficits in children with congenital hemiplegia

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 307-318

  Tsao, Henry ^a   Pannek, Kerstin ^a,b   Boyd, Roslyn N ^a   Rose, Stephen E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Diffusion weighted imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Probabilistic tractography; Thalamocortical projections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PATHOLOGY; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THALAMUS;

EID: 84885539239     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-013-0656-x     Document Type: Article

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