Termination differences in the primary sensorimotor cortex between the medial lemniscus and spinothalamic pathways in the human brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 516, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-53

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Kwon, Yong Hyun ^b   Lee, Mi Young ^c   Lee, Dong Yeop ^d   Hong, Ji Heon ^d  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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

^c Daegu Haany University   (South Korea)

^d SunMoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Medial lemniscus; Somatosensory function; Spinothalamic tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MASKING; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; THALAMUS LATERAL NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACTS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860243297     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2012.03.053     Document Type: Article

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