Secondary damage in left-sided frontal white matter detected by diffusion tensor imaging is correlated with executive dysfunction in patients with acute infarction at the ipsilateral posterior corona radiata

European Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Chuo ^a   Dang, Chao ^b   Liu, Gang ^b   Chen, Li ^b   Zhang, Jian ^b   Li, Jingjing ^b   Ou, Zilin ^b   Zhang, Yusheng ^c   Xu, Anding ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral infarction; Diffusion tensor imaging; Executive dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN INFARCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; WHITE MATTER INJURY; INFARCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84925029417     PISSN: 09492321     EISSN: 2047783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40001-014-0044-x     Document Type: Article

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