Somatotopic arrangement of the corticospinal tract at the medullary pyramid in the human brain

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-49

  Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^a   Hong, Ji Heon ^b   Lee, Mi Young ^c   Kwon, Yong Hyun ^d   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^d Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor tractography; Medullary pyramid; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEG; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LEG; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650867091     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323022     Document Type: Article

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