Asymmetry of white matter pathways in developing human brains

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2883-2893

  Song, Jae W ^a,d   Mitchell, Paul D ^a   Kolasinski, James ^b,e   Grant, P Ellen ^a,b   Galaburda, Albert M ^c   Takahashi, Emi ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Brain; Development; Diffusion imaging; Human; Tractography; White matter

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FORNIX; CHILD; CINGULUM (BRAIN); CONNECTOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EX VIVO STUDY; FETUS; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; INFERIOR LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; OCCIPITOFRONTAL FASCICULUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WHITE MATTER; AGE; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FETUS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84983353626     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu084     Document Type: Article

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