White matter compromise in veterans exposed to primary blast forces

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages E15-E25

  Taber, Katherine H ^a,b,c,d   Hurley, Robin A ^a,b,d,e   Haswell, Courtney C ^a,g,h   Rowland, Jared A ^a,b,e,g   Hurt, Susan D ^b   Lamar, Cory D ^a,b,f   Morey, Rajendra A ^a,g,h,i  

^a Mid Atlantic Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine ^*  (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); diffusivity; fractional anisotropy; mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI); military veterans; primary blast; subconcussive blast exposure; white matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AXIAL DIFFUSIVITY; BLAST INJURY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FORCEPS MAJOR; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY BLAST INJURY; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; RADIAL DIFFUSIVITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VETERAN; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER INJURY; WORKING MEMORY; BRAIN INJURIES; COMPLICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BLAST INJURIES; BRAIN INJURIES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VETERANS; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84921541314     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0000000000000030     Document Type: Article

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