Tract-specific analysis of white matter pathways in healthy subjects: A pilot study using diffusion tensor MRI

Neuroradiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 831-840

  Yasmin, Hasina ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^b   Abe, Osamu ^a   Nakata, Yasuhiro ^a   Hayashi, Naoto ^a   Masutani, Yoshitaka ^a   Goto, Masami ^a   Ohtomo, Kuni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Tract specific analysis; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; BRAIN REGION; CINGULATE GYRUS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR TRACTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STUDENT T TEST; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 70449521093     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-009-0580-1     Document Type: Article

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