Corticoreticular pathway in the human brain: Diffusion tensor tractography study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 508, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-12

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Chang, Min Cheol ^a   Kwon, Yong Hyun ^b   Jung, Young Jin ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam College of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Corticoreticular pathway; Corticoreticulospinal tract; Diffusion tensor imaging; Diffusion tensor tractography; Gait

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; TEGMENTUM;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855910802     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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