Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 974-981 , May 2008

Prediction of Memory Rehabilitation Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury by Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging

  • Gary E. Strangman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, MA
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Gary E. Strangman, PhD, Neural Systems Group, 149 13th St, Psychiatry, Room 2651, Charlestown, MA 02129
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  • Therese M. O'Neil-Pirozzi, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Richard Goldstein, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Kalika Kelkar, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
    • ,
  • Douglas I. Katz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
    • Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital, Braintree, MA
    • ,
  • David Burke, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
    • ,
  • Scott L. Rauch, MD

      Affiliations

    • McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA
    • ,
  • Cary R. Savage, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Hoglund Brain Imaging Center, Kansas University Medical Center, Kansas City, KS.
    • ,
  • Mel B. Glenn, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA

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 Supported by National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133A020513) and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (grant no. K25-NS046554).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00124-X

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.02.011

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Volume 89, Issue 5 , Pages 974-981 , May 2008

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