Long-Term Abnormalities in the Corpus Callosum of Female Concussed Athletes

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 33, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1220-1226

  Chamard, Emilie ^a   Lefebvre, Genevieve ^a   Lassonde, Maryse ^a,b   Theoret, Hugo ^a,b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE EN NEUROPSYCHOLOGIE ET COGNITION   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

athletes; corpus callosum; diffusion tensor imaging; female; sports concussion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SPORT INJURY; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN CORTEX; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FOLLOW UP; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975782110     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2015.3948     Document Type: Article

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