Regional differences in cerebral asymmetries of human cortical white matter

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 49, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 3599-3604

  Iwabuchi, Sarina J ^a   Häberling, Isabelle S ^a   Badzakova Trajkov, Gjurgjica ^a   Patston, Lucy L M ^a   Waldie, Karen E ^a   Tippett, Lynette J ^a   Corballis, Michael C ^a   Kirk, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Diffusion tensor imaging; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PROBABILITY; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755133729     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.09.011     Document Type: Article

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