Somatotopic arrangement and location of the corticospinal tract in the brainstem of the human brain

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 553-557

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cerebral peduncle; Corticospinal tract; Medulla; Midbrain; Pons; Somatotopy

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MEDULLARY PYRAMID; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW;

BRAIN STEM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HAND; HUMANS; LEG; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 79958053089     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2011.52.4.553     Document Type: Review

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