The distribution of the cortical origin of the corticoreticular pathway in the human brain: A diffusion tensor imaging study

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 204-208

  Jang, Sung Ho ^a   Seo, Jeong Pyo ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Corticoreticular pathway; Diffusion tensor imaging; Premotor cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETICULAR FORMATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETICULAR FORMATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911972722     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08990220.2014.917292     Document Type: Article

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