Broca's area and its striatal and thalamic connections: A diffusion-MRI tractography study

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue APR, 2013, Pages

  Ford, Anastasia A ^a,b   Triplett, William ^b   Sudhyadhom, Atchar ^b   Gullett, Joseph ^a   McGregor, Keith ^a   FitzGerald, David B ^a,b   Mareci, Thomas ^b   White, Keith ^a,b   Crosson, Bruce ^c,d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Broca's area; Connectivity; Diffusion weighted imaging; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGONAL BAND OF BROCA; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; PUTAMEN; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; TRACTOGRAPHY;

EID: 84876754538     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2013.00008     Document Type: Article

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