Midsagittal brain variation and MRI shape analysis of the precuneus in adult individuals

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 367-376

  Bruner, Emiliano ^a   Rangel de Lázaro, Gizéh ^b   De la Cuétara, José Manuel ^a   Martín Loeches, Manuel ^c   Colom, Roberto ^d   Jacobs, Heidi I L ^e,f,g  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain geometry; Geometric morphometrics; Parietal lobe; Shape variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CALCARINE SULCUS; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CINGULATE SULCUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDSAGITTAL BRAIN SHAPE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PARIETO-OCCIPITAL SULCUS; POSTERIOR CINGULATE; PRECUNEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YOUNG ADULT;

BRAIN GEOMETRY; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; PARIETAL LOBE; SHAPE VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895815119     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joa.12155     Document Type: Article

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