2023
Age-related, multivariate associations between white matter microstructure and behavioral performance in three executive function domains
Anderson J, Calhoun V, Pearlson G, Hawkins K, Stevens M. Age-related, multivariate associations between white matter microstructure and behavioral performance in three executive function domains. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience 2023, 64: 101318. PMID: 37875033, PMCID: PMC10618425, DOI: 10.1016/j.dcn.2023.101318.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExecutive function domainsResponse inhibitionWhite matter microstructureLower response inhibitionStructure-cognition relationshipsEF abilitiesBehavioral performanceCognitive imbalanceNeurocognitive testsFunction domainTest performanceYoung adulthoodFractional anisotropyBrain changesAge 12Young adultsSS performanceWhite matter FA valuesGreater relianceWhite matter changesWhite matter microstructural differencesSubjects ages 12White matter skeletonIndependent componentsMultivariate associations
2001
Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Axonal Tracking in the Human Brainstem
Stieltjes B, Kaufmann W, van Zijl P, Fredericksen K, Pearlson G, Solaiyappan M, Mori S. Diffusion Tensor Imaging and Axonal Tracking in the Human Brainstem. NeuroImage 2001, 14: 723-735. PMID: 11506544, DOI: 10.1006/nimg.2001.0861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCorticospinal tractInferior cerebellar peduncleDiffusion tensor imagingFrontopontine tractCerebral peduncleMedial lemniscusDiffusion tensor MRIAnatomical mappingCerebellar peduncleHuman brainstemAxonal connectionsMRI parametersAxonal trackingQuantitative MRI mapsTensor imagingTractAnatomical landmarksMRI mapsIndividual tractsAnatomical knowledgeReconstructed fibersBrainstemLemniscus