Aberrant pyramidal tract in the medial lemniscus of the brainstem in a patient with a pontine infarct: Diffusion tensor tractography study

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 243-244

  Jang, S H ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PONS; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 60249103899     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2008.146571     Document Type: Letter

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