Preliminary findings of cortical thickness abnormalities in blast injured service members and their relationship to clinical findings

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 102-109

  Tate, D F ^a   York, G E ^a   Reid, M W ^a   Cooper, D B ^a   Jones, L ^b   Robin, D A ^c   Kennedy, J E ^a   Lewis, J ^d  

^a SAN ANTONIO MILITARY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d US Air Force Medical Support Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Blast Injury; Cognition; Cortical thickness; FreeSurfer; MANGO; Mild TBI; TBI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGY; BLAST INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL THICKNESS (BRAIN); FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL CORTEX; TEMPORAL GYRUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORGAN SIZE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84894080113     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9257-9     Document Type: Article

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