Mammillotegmental tract in the human brain: Diffusion tensor tractography study

Neuroradiology

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 623-626

  Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^a   Hong, Ji Heon ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^c  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

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

^c Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor tractography; Mammillary body; Mammillotegmental tract; Tegmentum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN VENTRICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MAMMILLOTEGMENTAL TRACT; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAMILLARY BODIES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961173033     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-011-0858-y     Document Type: Article

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