Functional topography of the thalamocortical system in human

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 221, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1971-1984

  Yuan, Rui ^a   Di, Xin ^a   Taylor, Paul A ^b,c   Gohel, Suril ^a   Tsai, Yuan Hsiung ^d   Biswal, Bharat B ^a,e  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES   (South Africa)

^d CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

fMRI; Resting state; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONNECTOME; DORSAL ATTENTION NETWORK; FEMALE; GENICULATE NUCLEUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIAL DORSAL NUCLEUS; MEDULLARY NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RESTING STATE NETWORK; SALIENCE NETWORK; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS INTRALAMINAR NUCLEUS; THALAMUS POSTERIOR NUCLEUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FACTUAL DATABASE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928660900     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-015-1018-7     Document Type: Article

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