Somatotopic organization of motor pathways in the internal capsule: A probabilistic diffusion tractography study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1274-1280

  Pan, C ^a,b   Peck, K K ^a   Young, R J ^a   Holodny, Andrei I ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Tongji Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; CAPSULA INTERNA; CEREBRAL PEDUNCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; FOOT; HAND; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MOTOR CORTEX; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR LIMB OF THE INTERNAL CAPSULE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PROBABILISTIC DIFFUSION TRACTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TONGUE; TRACTOGRAPHY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTOR CORTEX; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865279965     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2952     Document Type: Article

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