The rubrospinal tract in the human brain: Diffusion tensor imaging study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-48

  Yang, Hyun Sik ^a   Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^b   Hong, Ji Heon ^c   Hong, Cheol Pyo ^d   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Muju Health Center and County Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Red nucleus; Rubrospinal tract; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; INFERIOR OLIVE; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; TRACT VOLUME; VENTRAL ROOT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RED NUCLEUS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 80053460898     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.08.054     Document Type: Article

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