Identification of the anterior corticospinal tract in the human brain using diffusion tensor imaging

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 238-241

  Kwon, Hyeok Gyu ^a   Lee, Dong Gyu ^a   Son, Su Min ^a   Byun, Woo Mok ^a   Hong, Cheol Pyo ^b   Lee, Dong Hoon ^b   Kim, Saeyoon ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anterior corticospinal tract; Corticospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Lateral corticospinal tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CORTICOSPINAL TRACT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; VENTRAL ROOT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83555173196     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.020     Document Type: Article

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