Functional neuroimaging of acute oculomotor deficits in concussed athletes

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 564-573

  Johnson, Brian ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Hallett, Mark ^c   Slobounov, Semyon ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Eye Tracking; Mild traumatic brain injury; Oculomotor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE POSITION; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT PERIOD; LINGUAL GYRUS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; MIDDLE TEMPORAL GYRUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SECONDARY VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL CORTEX; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPORT INJURY; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SACCADES; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942316738     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-014-9316-x     Document Type: Article

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