Sentences with phrase «white matter damage»

However, a more thorough analysis of the data revealed that the risk was being driven by women with signs of cerebrovascular disease — either a previous stroke or signs of white matter damage in their brains.

DTI has been shown to be a more sensitive method of measuring white matter damage and may provide images that better correlate with cognitive dysfunction.

Kessler Foundation researchers ave linked the inability to recognize facial affect (emotion) with white matter damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI), an important first step toward understanding this emotional processing deficit.

In Experiment 2, DTI was used to examine where in the brain white matter damage correlated with increased «trait» fatigue in individuals with MS, as assessed by the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS).

Patterns of cerebral white matter damage and cognitive impairment in adolescents born very preterm

A structural equation modeling investigation of age - related variance in executive function and DTI measured white matter damage

The results showed that amyloid plaque levels in the posterior cingulate cortex were related to the amount of white matter damage, suggesting that injury to the brain's wiring may be linked to the formation of amyloid plaques.

While some white matter damage is readily apparent on structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), Dr. Blüml's group has been using magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) to look at differences on a microscopic level.

In the first part of our project, we will test the hypothesis that our imaging system, which combines PET and a new form of MRI that I invented called diffusion basis spectrum imaging (DBSI), can reliably detect and measure the severity of white matter damage and inflammation.

SM may result in other neurological deficits such as thoracic limb weakness and muscle atrophy (due to ventral horn cell damage) and pelvic limb ataxia and weakness (due to white matter damage or involvement of the lumbar spinal cord by the syrinx).