Anatomic location and somatotopic arrangement of the corticospinal tract at the cerebral peduncle in the human brain

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2116-2119

  Kwon, H G ^a   Hong, J H ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CISTERN; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SYLVIAN FISSURE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 84455188559     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2660     Document Type: Article

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