Head Rotational Acceleration Characteristics Influence Behavioral and Diffusion Tensor Imaging Outcomes Following Concussion

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1071-1088

  Stemper, Brian D ^a   Shah, Alok S ^a   Pintar, Frank A ^a   McCrea, Michael ^a   Kurpad, Shekar N ^a   Glavaski Joksimovic, Aleksandra ^a   Olsen, Christopher ^a   Budde, Matthew D ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral assessments; Biomechanics; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Traumatic brain injury (mTBI)

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS; BIOMECHANICS; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NEUROIMAGING; RATS; TENSORS;

BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENT; BEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES; COGNITIVE DEFICITS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FULL FACTORIAL DESIGN; MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES; ROTATIONAL ACCELERATION; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES;

DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD; MAZE TEST; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CONCUSSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAZE LEARNING; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; ROTATION;

EID: 84940004699     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-014-1171-9     Document Type: Article

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