Non-invasive mapping of connections between human thalamus and cortex using diffusion imaging

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 750-757

  Behrens, T E J ^a,b   Johansen Berg, H ^a   Woolrich, M W ^a,b   Smith, S M ^a   Wheeler Kingshott, C A M ^c   Boulby, P A ^c   Barker, G J ^c   Sillery, E L ^a   Sheehan, K ^a   Ciccarelli, O ^c   Thompson, A J ^c   Brady, J M ^b   Matthews, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THALAMUS;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THALAMUS;

EID: 0037743543     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1075     Document Type: Article

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