Fronto-cerebellar dysfunction and dysconnectivity underlying cognition in friedreich ataxia: The IMAGE-FRDA study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 338-350

  Harding, Ian H ^a   Corben, Louise A ^a,b,c   Storey, Elsdon ^a   Egan, Gary F ^a   Stagnitti, Monique R ^a   Poudel, Govinda R ^a   Delatycki, Martin B ^a,b,d   Georgiou Karistianis, Nellie ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^d AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cognition; FMRI; Friedreich ataxia; Functional connectivity; Psychophysiological interaction; Working memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEREBELLAR DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FRIEDREICH ATAXIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OXYGEN; REACTION TIME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954367931     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23034     Document Type: Article

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