Different characteristics of the corticospinal tract according to the cerebral origin: DTI study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1359-1363

  Seo, J P ^a   Jang, S H ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DORSAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; SUPPLEMENTARY MOTOR AREA;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PONS; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880851651     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A3389     Document Type: Article

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