In vivo mapping of microstructural somatotopies in the human corticospinal pathways

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 336-346

  Verstynen, Timothy ^a   Jarbo, Kevin ^a   Pathak, Sudhir ^a   Schneider, Walter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROSTRUCTURAL SOMATOTOPY; MOTONEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIKARYON; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL TRACKING; CELLULAR STRUCTURES; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 78651425216     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00698.2010     Document Type: Article

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