Diffusion tensor tractography reveals disrupted structural connectivity in childhood absence epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-138

  Xue, Kaiqing ^a   Luo, Cheng ^a   Zhang, Dan ^a   Yang, Tianhua ^b   Li, Jianfu ^a   Gong, Diankun ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Medina, Yasser Iturria ^c   Gotman, Jean ^d   Zhou, Dong ^b   Yao, Dezhong ^a  

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

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CUBAN NEUROSCIENCE CENTER   (Cuba)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Absence epilepsy; Diffusion tensor tractography; Graph theory; Structural connectivity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD ABSENCE EPILEPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; ONSET AGE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ABSENCE EPILEPSY; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; GRAPH THEORY; STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY, ABSENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84890798409     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: 18726844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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