Developing neocortex organization and connectivity in cats revealed by direct correlation of diffusion tractography and histology

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 200-211

  Takahashi, Emi ^a,b,c   Dai, Guangping ^c   Rosen, Glenn D ^d   Wang, Ruopeng ^c   Ohki, Kenichi ^e,f   Folkerth, Rebecca D ^a   Galaburda, Albert M ^d   Wedeen, Van J ^c   Grant, P Ellen ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Fetal Neonatal Neuroimaging and Developmental Science Center   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Cortical plate; Development; Diffusion spectrum imaging; Tractography; Ubplate

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BRAIN MAPPING; CATS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; NEOCORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 78651265022     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq084     Document Type: Article

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