Deep White Matter Volume Loss — One Predictor of Recovery in Children BrainLine

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Deep White Matter Volume Loss and Social Reintegration After Traumatic Brain Injury in Children

Gale, SD & Prigatano, GP (2010). Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation, Vol. 25(1), pp 15-22.

In this study, researchers examined parents’ ratings of their child’s level of social integration, the amount of white matter volume (WMV) loss in the brain, and their neuropsychological test scores. Children judged not to make a complete or excellent social reintegration by their parents had poorer neuropsychological test scores and greater WMV loss, particularly within the corpus callosum.

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