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Investigating The Effects Of Infantile Hydrocephalus On Visuomotor Integration: A Study Utilizing Behavioural And Neuroimaging Analyses, Derya Adil
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This thesis describes studies which explore the impact of infantile hydrocephalus on the posterior cortex, specifically focusing on the parietal and occipital lobes. Using resting-state functional MRI, the functional connectivity within the visuomotor integration network was investigated and connectivity was traced through the corpus callosum. We hypothesized that children with hydrocephalus would demonstrate altered functional connectivity compared to typically developing controls. Our findings revealed that patients had reduced functional connectivity in visuomotor pathways, particularly the inferior frontal occipital fasciculus, superior longitudinal fasciculus, and the frontal aslant tract, with notable impact on the left and right fusiform gyrus and precuneus. We …
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Of Infantile Hydrocephalus: An Fmri Case Study, Ikhlas Ahmed Hashi
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Of Infantile Hydrocephalus: An Fmri Case Study, Ikhlas Ahmed Hashi
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Ventricle dilatation caused by infantile hydrocephalus may result in extensive damage of the posterior cortex (parietal and occipital lobes). We hypothesize that pathological changes in the development of the posterior cortex can be linked to non-verbal learning disabilities in children with previous infantile hydrocephalus. This case study will investigate the neurodevelopmental outcomes of 3 treated hydrocephalus patients, when compared to a group of healthy control children (n = 12). Within the hydrocephalus group, patients displayed differences in non-verbal test performance as well as parietal brain activation during an fMRI number comparison task. We associated these differences with clinical variables such …