Anatomy and functional role of the inferior longitudinal fasciculus: A search that has just begun

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-7

  Ashtari, Manzar ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FRONTAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTO OCCIPITAL FASCICULUS; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; NERVE TRACT; NOTE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACTOGRAPHY; VISUAL HALLUCINATION; WHITE MATTER;

DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TEMPORAL LOBE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 83855165221     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: 14698749     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8749.2011.04122.x     Document Type: Note

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