White matter integrity in veterans with mild traumatic brain injury: Associations with executive function and loss of consciousness

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 21-32

  Sorg, Scott F ^a   Delano Wood, Lisa ^b,c   Luc, Norman ^b   Schiehser, Dawn M ^b,c   Hanson, Karen L ^b,c   Nation, Daniel A ^b   Lanni, Elisa ^b   Jak, Amy J ^b,c   Lu, Kun ^c   Meloy, M J ^b,c   Frank, Lawrence R ^b,c   Lohr, James B ^b,c   Bondi, Mark W ^b,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RISK FACTOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERAN; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AFGHAN CAMPAIGN 2001-; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES; CHECKLIST; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRAQ WAR, 2003-2011; LEUKOENCEPHALOPATHIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VETERANS;

EID: 84892965475     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31828a1aa4     Document Type: Article

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