The superior longitudinal fasciculus in typically developing children and adolescents: Diffusion tensor imaging and neuropsychological correlates

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-20

  Urger, Sacide E ^a   De Bellis, Michael D ^b   Hooper, Stephen R ^c   Woolley, Donald P ^b   Chen, Steven D ^b   Provenzale, James ^b,d  

^a Genel Cerrahi Servisi   (Turkey)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Diffusion tensor imaging; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; Typically developing youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANISOTROPY; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84927641293     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: 17088283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073813520503     Document Type: Article

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