Transcallosal sensorimotor fiber tract structure-function relationships

Human Brain Mapping

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 384-395

  Fling, Brett W ^a,b   Benson, Bryan L ^a   Seidler, Rachael D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Corpus callosum; Diffusion tensor imaging; Interhemispheric inhibition; Ipsilateral silent period; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERHEMISPHERIC TRANSFER; MALE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSCALLOSAL SENSORIMOTOR FIBER TRACT;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871988990     PISSN: 10659471     EISSN: 10970193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hbm.21437     Document Type: Article

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