Structural properties of the corticospinal tract in the human brain: A magnetic resonance imaging study at 7 Tesla

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Hervé, Pierre Yves ^a,d   Cox, Eleanor F ^a   Lotfipour, Ashley K ^a   Mougin, Olivier E ^a   Bowtell, Richard W ^b   Gowland, Penny A ^a   Paus, Tomas ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Axon caliber; Corticospinal tract; High field MR.I.; Magnetization transfer; Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging; Relaxometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH FIELD MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS;

EID: 84555170162     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0306-0     Document Type: Article

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