Heschl gyrus and its included primary auditory cortex: Structural MRI studies in healthy and diseased subjects

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 287-299

  Abdul Kareem, Ihssan A ^a,b   Sluming, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b School of Health Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heschl gyrus; Primary auditory cortex; Structural MRI

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; COMMUNITY; CONGENITAL DEAFNESS; GENDER; HEARING; HEMISPHERE; HESCHL GYRUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSICIAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STUTTERING; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 49049102301     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21445     Document Type: Review

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