MRI diffusion tensor tracking of a new amygdalo-fusiform and hippocampo-fusiform pathway system in humans

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1248-1261

  Smith, Charles D ^a   Lori, Nicolas F ^b,e   Akbudak, Erbil ^b   Sorar, Ertugrul ^b   Gultepe, Eren ^b   Shimony, Joshua S ^b   McKinstry, Robert C ^b   Conturo, Thomas E ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amygdala hippocampus; Diffusion tensor fiber tracking; DTT; Emotion; Face object recognition; MRI; Temporal lobes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINDLE CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMYGDALA; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 66749110398     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: 15222586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.21692     Document Type: Article

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