Brain structural connectivity increases concurrent with functional improvement: Evidence from diffusion tensor MRI in children with cerebral palsy during therapy

NeuroImage: Clinical

Volumn 7, Issue , 2015, Pages 315-324

  Englander, Zoë A ^a   Sun, Jessica ^a   Case, Laura ^a   Mikati, Mohamad A ^a   Kurtzberg, Joanne ^a   Song, Allen W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral palsy; Diffusion tensor imaging; GMFM 66; Structural connectome

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLACEBO;

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION CARE; TRANSFUSION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WHITE MATTER; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFANT; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BRAIN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84921059245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22131582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2015.01.002     Document Type: Article

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