Direct optic nerve pulvinar connections defined by diffusion MR tractography in humans: Implications for photophobia

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-88

  Maleki, Nasim ^a   Becerra, Lino ^a,b   Upadhyay, Jaymin ^a   Burstein, Rami ^c   Borsook, David ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Central sensitization; Migraine; Nonimage forming pathway; Pain; Thalamus; Tractography; Visual pathway

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLODYNIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOPHOBIA; PULVINAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 83455179143     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21194     Document Type: Article

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