Diffusion imaging-based subdivision of the human hypothalamus: A magnetic resonance study with clinical implications

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 263, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 497-508

  Schönknecht, Peter ^a   Anwander, Alfred ^b   Petzold, Friederike ^a   Schindler, Stephanie ^a   Knösche, Thomas R ^b   Möller, Harald E ^b   Hegerl, Ulrich ^a   Turner, Robert ^b   Geyer, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Hypothalamus; In vivo; MRI; Subdivision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883174770     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: 14338491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-012-0389-5     Document Type: Article

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