Myelin water fraction is transiently reduced after a single mild traumatic brain injury - A prospective cohort study in collegiate hockey players

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Wright, Alexander D ^a,b   Jarrett, Michael ^a   Vavasour, Irene ^a   Shahinfard, Elham ^a   Kolind, Shannon ^a   Van Donkelaar, Paul ^b   Taunton, Jack ^a   Li, David ^a   Rauscher, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLLEGE STUDENT; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MYELIN WATER FRACTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; POSTERIOR THALAMIC RADIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPLENIUM OF THE CORPUS CALLOSUM; SUPERIOR CORONA RADIATA; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; THALAMUS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; HOCKEY; INJURIES; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

WATER;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; COHORT STUDIES; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NEUROPHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84962512696     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0150215     Document Type: Article

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