The connectivity of the superior longitudinal fasciculus: A tractography DTI study

Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-225

  Bernal, Byron ^a   Altman, Nolan ^a  

^a MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate; Brain; Broca; Conduction aphasia; DTI; Fasciculus; Language; Language organization; MRI; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; Tractography; Wernicke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 77349096413     PISSN: 0730725X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2009.07.008     Document Type: Article

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