Diffusion tensor quantification of the human midsagittal corpus callosum subdivisions across the lifespan

Brain Research

Volumn 1227, Issue , 2008, Pages 52-67

  Hasan, Khader M ^a   Kamali, Arash ^a   Kramer, Larry A ^a   Papnicolaou, Andrew C ^a   Fletcher, Jack M ^b   Ewing Cobbs, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Aging; Brain development; Child; Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Lifespan; Witelson corpus callosum subdivision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN; CHILD; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 48949094461     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2008.06.030     Document Type: Article

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