Hockey Concussion Education Project, Part 3. White matter microstructure in ice hockey players with a history of concussion: A diffusion tensor imaging study - Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 882-890

  Sasaki, Takeshi ^a,b   Pasternak, Ofer ^a   Mayinger, Michael ^a,c   Muehlmann, Marc ^a,c   Savadjiev, Peter ^a   Bouix, Sylvain ^a   Kubicki, Marek ^a   Fredman, Eli ^a   Dahlben, Brian ^a   Helmer, Karl G ^d   Johnson, Andrew M ^e   Holmes, Jeffrey D ^e   Forwell, Lorie A ^e   Skopelja, Elaine N ^f   Shenton, Martha E ^a,g   Echlin, Paul S ^h   Koerte, Inga K ^a,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h Elliott Sports Medicine Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concussion; Diffusion tensor imaging; Fractional anisotropy; Ice hockey; Mild traumatic brain injury; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; ICE HOCKEY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED;

EID: 84897937474     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.12.JNS132092     Document Type: Article

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