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ArticleNeuroImage. Clinical2015

Attention in spina bifida myelomeningocele: Relations with brain volume and integrity.

Paulina A Kulesz, Amery Treble-Barna, Victoria J Williams, Jenifer Juranek, Paul T Cirino, Maureen Dennis, Jack M Fletcher

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Article in NeuroImage. Clinical, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Long-term cognitive outcomes of Chiari II malformation and corpus callosum abnormalities in myelomeningocele.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2025
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  6. 2023 updates to the spina bifida transition to adult care guidelines.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2023
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  9. Cognitive and motor function in adults with spina bifida myelomeningocele: a pilot study.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2021
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  10. Ventricular volume and neurocognitive outcome after endoscopic third ventriculostomy: is shunting a better option? A review.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016
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  11. Neuropsychological care guidelines for people with spina bifida.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Paulina A KuleszDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, USA ; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston, USA.
Amery Treble-BarnaDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA.
Victoria J WilliamsDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, USA ; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston, USA.
Jenifer JuranekDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Texas Health Science Center, USA.
Paul T CirinoDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, USA ; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston, USA.
Maureen DennisDepartment Of Surgery And Psychology, University Of Toronto, Canada.
Jack M FletcherDepartment of Psychology, University of Houston, USA ; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics, University of Houston, USA.
University of Houston · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston · USUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Texas Center for Learning DisabilitiesP50HD052117 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON · PI FLETCHER, JACK M · 2006 to 2023
$26.9M
SUBJECT RECRUITMENT AND EVALUATION COREP01HD035946 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI FLETCHER, JACK M · 1998 to 2009
$10.8M
NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD035946NICHD NIH HHS P01 HD35946-06NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD052117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigated the relations of tectal volume and superior parietal cortex, as well as alterations in tectocortical white matter connectivity, with the orienting and executive control attention networks in individuals with spina bifida myelomeningocele (SBM). Probabilistic diffusion tractography and quantification of tectal and superior parietal cortical volume were performed on 74 individuals aged 8-29 with SBM and a history of hydrocephalus. Behavioral assessments measured posterior (covert orienting) and anterior (conflict resolution, attentional control) attention network functions. Reduced tectal volume was associated with slower covert orienting; reduced superior parietal cortical volume was associated with slower conflict resolution; and increased axial diffusivity and radial diffusivity along both frontal and parietal tectocortical pathways were associated with reduced attentional control. Results suggest that components of both the orienting and executive control attention networks are impaired in SBM. Neuroanatomical disruption to the orienting network appears more robust and a direct consequence of characteristic midbrain dysmorphology; whereas, executive control difficulties may emerge from parietal cortical anomalies and reduced frontal and parietal cortical-subcortical white matter pathways susceptible to the pathophysiological effects of congenital hydrocephalus.

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AdolescentAdultAttentionChildDiffusion Tensor ImagingExecutive FunctionFemaleHumansMaleMeningomyeloceleNeural PathwaysOrientationParietal LobeSpinal DysraphismTectum MesencephaliYoung AdultAttention networkNeuroimagingRobust correlationsSuperior parietal cortexTectocortical pathwaysTectum

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PMID26106529
PMCPMC4473288
OpenAlexW1972497369

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