White Matter Integrity of Specific Dentato-Thalamo-Cortical Pathways is Associated with Learning Gains in Precise Movement Timing

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1707-1714

  Schulz, Robert ^a   Wessel, Maximilian J ^a   Zimerman, Máximo ^a   Timmermann, Jan E ^a   Gerloff, Christian ^a   Hummel, Friedhelm C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

cerebello thalamo cortical tract; diffusion; FA; sequence; timing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DENTATO THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DORSOLATERAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED NUCLEUS; RHYTHM; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; TEGMENTUM; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; TRACTOGRAPHY; VENTRAL PREMOTOR CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; FINGER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; THALAMUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PERIODICITY; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936762892     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bht356     Document Type: Article

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