Association fibers connecting the Broca center and the lateral superior frontal gyrus: A microsurgical and tractographic anatomy. Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 323-330

  Kinoshita, Masashi ^a   Shinohara, Harumichi ^b   Hori, Osamu ^a   Ozaki, Noriyuki ^a   Ueda, Fumiaki ^a   Nakada, Mitsutoshi ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichiro ^a   Hayashi, Yutaka ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broca center; Brodmann area; Diffusion tensor imaging based tractography; Fiber dissection; Lateral superior frontal gyrus; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION FIBER; BRAIN REGION; BRODMANN AREA 44; BRODMANN AREA 45; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE; LATERAL SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; TRACTOGRAPHIC ANATOMY; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CADAVER; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SPEECH;

EID: 84856798501     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2011.10.JNS11434     Document Type: Article

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