Microstructural analysis of human white matter architecture using polarized light imaging: Views from neuroanatomy

Frontiers in Neuroinformatics

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Axer, Hubertus ^a   Beck, Sindy ^a   Axer, Markus ^b   Schuchardt, Friederike ^a   Heepe, Jörn ^a   Flücken, Anja ^a   Axer, Martina ^c   Prescher, Andreas ^d   Witte, Otto W ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Cingulum; Extreme capsule; Internal capsule; Polarized light imaging; Pyramidal tract

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CAPSULA INTERNA; CINGULUM (BRAIN); CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EXTREME CAPSULE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLARIZATION; POLARIZED LIGHT IMAGING; VERY ELDERLY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84993971842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fninf.2011.00028     Document Type: Article

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