Cortex-sparing fiber dissection: An improved method for the study of white matter anatomy in the human brain

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 531-541

  Martino, Juan ^a   de Witt Hamer, Philip C ^b   Vergani, Francesco ^c   Brogna, Christian ^d   de Lucas, Enrique Marco ^a   Vázquez Barquero, Alfonso ^a   García Porrero, Juan A ^e   Duffau, Hugues ^f,g  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^f GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^g HÔPITAL SAINT ELOI   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging tractography; Fiber dissection; Inferior fronto occipital fasciculus; Inferior longitudinal fasciculus; Superior longitudinal fasciculus; Uncinate fasciculus; White matter tracts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTOOCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; METHODOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; TRACTOGRAPHY; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; DISSECTION; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 80052758421     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01414.x     Document Type: Article

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