Magnetic resonance-based morphometry: A window into structural plasticity of the brain

Current Opinion in Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 407-411

  May, Arne ^a,c   Gaser, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortical thickness; Diffusion tensor imaging; Plasticity; Structural imaging; Voxel based morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GENOTYPE; GRAY MATTER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 33747355203     PISSN: 13507540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wco.0000236622.91495.21     Document Type: Review

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