
White matter microstructure among youth with perinatally acquired HIV is associated with disease severity
Author(s) -
Kristina A. Uban,
Megan M. Herting,
Paige L. Williams,
Tanvi Ajmera,
Prapti Gautam,
Yanling Huo,
Kathleen Malee,
Ram Yogev,
John G. Csernansky,
Lei Wang,
Sharon L. Nichols,
Elizabeth R. Sowell
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000000648
Subject(s) - fractional anisotropy , white matter , diffusion mri , neurocognitive , medicine , cohort , uncinate fasciculus , psychology , magnetic resonance imaging , cognition , psychiatry , radiology
We investigated whether HIV disease severity was associated with alterations in structural brain connectivity, and whether those alterations in turn were associated with cognitive deficits in youth with perinatally acquired HIV (PHIV).