The ascending reticular activating system from pontine reticular formation to the thalamus in the human brain

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Chang, Pyung Hun ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ascending reticular activating system; Consciousness; Diffusion tensor imaging; Reticular formation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCENDING RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MEAN DIFFUSIVITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEGMENTUM; THALAMUS;

EID: 84933672441     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00416     Document Type: Article

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