White matter connectivity of the thalamus delineates the functional architecture of competing thalamocortical systems

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 4477-4489

  O'muircheartaigh, Jonathan ^a   Keller, Simon S ^b,c   Barker, Gareth J ^a   Richardson, Mark P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional connectivity; Functional networks; Resting state fMRI; Thalamus; Tractography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTING STATE FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RESTING STATE NETWORK; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS; TRACTOGRAPHY; WHITE MATTER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BLOOD; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

OXYGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84954244265     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv063     Document Type: Article

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