Morphometry of some elements of limbic system in normal population: A quatitative MRI study

Neuroanatomy

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 15-21

  Yucel, Kaan ^a,b   Hakyemez, Bahattin ^a   Parlak, Mufit ^a   Oygucu, I Hakan ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdaloid body; Fornix; Hippocampus; Limbic system; Mammillary body; MIR; Morphometry; Volume; Width

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MAMMILLARY BODY; MORPHOMETRICS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 2942567834     PISSN: 13031783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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