Analysis of the subcomponents and cortical terminations of the perisylvian superior longitudinal fasciculus: A fiber dissection and DTI tractography study

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-121

  Martino, Juan ^a   De Witt Hamer, Philip C ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^c   Lawton, Michael T ^c   Arnold, Christine M ^c   De Lucas, Enrique Marco ^a   Duffau, Hugues ^d,e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Arcuate fasciculus; DTI tractography; Fiber dissection; Superior longitudinal fasciculus

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANGULAR GYRUS; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL BUNDLE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUPRASYLVIAN GYRUS; TEMPORAL GYRUS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; CADAVER; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT-TRACING TECHNIQUES; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872298214     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0386-5     Document Type: Review

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