Functional magnetic resonance imaging and diffusion tensor tractography of the corticopontocerebellar tract in the human brain

Neural Regeneration Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-80

  Hong, Ji Heon ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Corticopontocerebellar tract; Diffusion tensor image; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Motor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONA RADIATA (BRAIN); DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS ANGLE; PONTINE NUCLEUS; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX;

EID: 79951702695     PISSN: 16735374     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-5374.2011.01.013     Document Type: Article

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