Functional MRI in medulloblastoma survivors supports prophylactic reading intervention during tumor treatment

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 258-271

  Zou, Ping ^a   Conklin, Heather M ^a   Scoggins, Matthew A ^a   Li, Yimei ^a   Li, Xingyu ^a   Jones, Melissa M ^a   Palmer, Shawna L ^a   Gajjar, Amar ^a   Ogg, Robert J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cancer survivors; Children; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Reading intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENTAL TASK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAPID AUTOMATIZED NAMING; READING; SOUND; WOODCOCK JOHNSON READING FLUENCY WORD ATTACK AND SOUND AWARENESS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; DYSLEXIA; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE TEST; LANGUAGE THERAPY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD LANGUAGE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; SURVIVORS; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84959892857     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-015-9390-8     Document Type: Article

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