Thalamocortical tract between anterior thalamic nuclei and cingulate gyrus in the human brain: Diffusion tensor tractography study

Brain Imaging and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 236-241

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Yeo, Sang Seok ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cingulate gyrus; Diffusion tensor imaging; Memory; Papez circuit; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULATE GYRUS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

EID: 84876905165     PISSN: 19317557     EISSN: 19317565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11682-013-9222-7     Document Type: Article

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