Location of the corticospinal tract at the corona radiata in human brain

Brain Research

Volumn 1326, Issue , 2010, Pages 75-80

  Han, Bong Soo ^a   Hong, Ji Heon ^b   Hong, Cheolpyo ^a   Yeo, Sang Seok ^c   Lee, Dong hoon ^a   Cho, Hee Kyung ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Yonsei University Wonju   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Daegu University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corona radiata; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor tractography; Functional MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FORNIX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PROBABILITY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

RADIATA;

EID: 77950048304     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.02.050     Document Type: Article

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