Individual Differences in White Matter Microstructure in the Healthy Brain

Diffusion MRI

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 237-249

  Scholz, Jan ^a   Tomassini, Valentina ^a   Johansen Berg, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavior structure; Diffusion imaging; DTI; FA; Fractional anisotropy; MRI; Plasticity; White matter

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954623537     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374709-9.00011-0     Document Type: Chapter

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