A DTI-based tractography study of effects on brain structure associated with prenatal alcohol exposure in newborns

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 170-186

  Taylor, Paul A ^a,b   Jacobson, Sandra W ^a,c,d   van der Kouwe, André ^e   Molteno, Christopher D ^d   Chen, Gang ^f   Wintermark, Pia ^g   Alhamud, Alkathafi ^a   Jacobson, Joseph L ^a,c,d   Meintjes, Ernesta M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^g MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Newborns; Prenatal alcohol exposure; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WHITE MATTER;

ALCOHOLS; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84916636205     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.22620     Document Type: Article

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