Acute white matter changes following sport-related concussion: A serial diffusion tensor and diffusion kurtosis tensor imaging study

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 3821-3834

  Lancaster, Melissa A ^a   Olson, Daniel V ^a   McCrea, Michael A ^a   Nelson, Lindsay D ^a   LaRoche, Ashley A ^a   Muftuler, L Tugan ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

concussion management; concussion symptoms; diffusion kurtosis imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; mild traumatic brain injury; sport related concussion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION KURTOSIS TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORT INJURY; WHITE MATTER; WHITE MATTER INJURY;

EID: 84990250523     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.23278     Document Type: Article

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