Lower neurocognitive function in U-2 pilots: Relationship to white matter hyperintensities

Neurology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 638-645

  McGuire, Stephen A ^a,b,c   Tate, David F ^d   Wood, Joe ^a   Sladky, John H ^c   McDonald, Kent ^a   Sherman, Paul M ^c   Kawano, Elaine S ^a   Rowland, Laura M ^e   Patel, Beenish ^e   Wright, Susan N ^e   Hong, Elliot ^e   Rasmussen, Jennifer ^b   Willis, Adam M ^c   Kochunov, Peter V ^e  

^a WRIGHT PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE   (United States)

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

^c Department of Neuroradiology ^*  (United States)

^d Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Centers   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HELICOPTER PILOT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WHITE MATTER; AIRCRAFT; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BAROTRAUMA; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGAN SIZE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84907424739     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000694     Document Type: Article

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