Anatomical and electrophysiological manifestations in a patient with congenital corpus callosum agenesis

Brain Topography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 171-176

  Hsu, Yi Ting ^a,b   Duann, Jeng Ren ^a,b,d   Chen, Chun Ming ^a   Yang, Yu Wan ^a,b   Tsai, Chon Haw ^a,b,c   Lu, Ming Kuei ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agenesis of corpus callosum; Anterior commissure; Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI); Interhemispheric inhibition (IHI); Movement related cortical potential (MRCP)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM AGENESIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DIZZINESS; ELECTRODE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HAND MOVEMENT; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; INTERHEMISPHERIC INHIBITION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGENESIS OF CORPUS CALLOSUM; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURAL INHIBITION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84872349531     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-012-0247-9     Document Type: Article

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