Connectivity between the superior colliculus and the amygdala in humans and macaque monkeys: Virtual dissection with probabilistic DTI tractography

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1947-1962

  Rafal, Robert D ^a   Koller, Kristin ^a   Bultitude, Janet H ^a,b   Mullins, Paul ^a   Ward, Robert ^a   Mitchell, Anna S ^b   Bell, Andrew H ^b,c  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amygdala; DTI tractography; Pulvinar; Superior colliculus; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATERAL AMYGDALA; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NOISE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; RHESUS MONKEY; STRIA TERMINALIS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; THALAMUS ANTERIOR NUCLEUS; VIRTUAL DISSECTION; VIRTUAL REALITY; YOUNG ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CONNECTOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS, CORTICAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNECTOME; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PULVINAR; SUPERIOR COLLICULI; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942274918     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01016.2014     Document Type: Article

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