ea0023oc4.1 | Oral Communications 4 | BSPED2009
Webb E A
, O'Reilly M
, Seunarine K
, Clayden J
, Dale N
, Salt A
, Clark C
, Dattani M T
Introduction: There is a large body of evidence to suggest that the GH axis plays an important role in brain myelination. However, results from studies in humans with an abnormal GH axis have varied and therefore there remains no consensus as to whether the GH/IGF1 axis plays a significant role in neural development. No previous studies have used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) a sensitive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique for studying brain white matter tracts, to add...