Evidence of a middle longitudinal fasciculus in the human brain from fiber dissection

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 223, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 38-45

  Maldonado, Igor Lima ^a,b   De Champfleur, Nicolas Menjot ^c,d   Velut, Stéphane ^e,f   Destrieux, Christophe ^e,f   Zemmoura, Ilyess ^e,f   Duffau, Hugues ^c,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Divisão de Neurologia e Epidemiologia DINEP Hosp   (Brazil)

^c Montpellier University Medical Center   (France)

^d MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Connectivity; Fiber dissection; Fiber pathways; White matter

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR GYRUS; ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FIBER DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULA; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; TISSUE SECTION; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; CADAVER; CRANIAL NERVES; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISSECTION; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84878981886     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12055     Document Type: Article

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