Temporal and spatial development of axonal maturation and myelination of white matter in the developing brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-296

  Gao, W ^a   Lin, W ^b   Chen, Y ^b   Gerig, G ^c   Smith, J K ^b   Jewells, V ^b   Gilmore, J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 60049089615     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1363     Document Type: Article

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