Imaging brain microstructure with diffusion MRI: practicality and applications

DC Alexander, TB Dyrby, M Nilsson… - NMR in …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This article gives an overview of microstructure imaging of the brain with diffusion MRI and
reviews the state of the art. The microstructure‐imaging paradigm aims to estimate and map …

[HTML][HTML] The functional characterization of callosal connections

GM Innocenti, K Schmidt, C Milleret, M Fabri… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The brain operates through the synaptic interaction of distant neurons within flexible, often
heterogeneous, distributed systems. Histological studies have detailed the connections …

Distribution of axon diameters in cortical white matter: an electron-microscopic study on three human brains and a macaque

D Liewald, R Miller, N Logothetis, HJ Wagner… - Biological …, 2014 - Springer
The aim of this study was to obtain information on the axonal diameters of cortico-cortical
fibres in the human brain, connecting distant regions of the same hemisphere via the white …

Association of a history of child abuse with impaired myelination in the anterior cingulate cortex: convergent epigenetic, transcriptional, and morphological evidence

PE Lutz, A Tanti, A Gasecka… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Child abuse has devastating and long-lasting consequences, considerably
increasing the lifetime risk of negative mental health outcomes such as depression and …

Cortical gradients and laminar projections in mammals

A Goulas, K Zilles, CC Hilgetag - Trends in neurosciences, 2018 - cell.com
A key component of current theories of brain structure and function is the layer-specific origin
of structural connections of the cerebral cortex. This fundamental connectional feature …

Regulation of conduction time along axons

AH Seidl - Neuroscience, 2014 - Elsevier
Timely delivery of information is essential for proper functioning of the nervous system.
Precise regulation of nerve conduction velocity is needed for correct exertion of motor skills …

Biophysically realistic neuron models for simulation of cortical stimulation

AS Aberra, AV Peterchev, WM Grill - Journal of neural …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. We implemented computational models of human and rat cortical neurons for
simulating the neural response to cortical stimulation with electromagnetic fields. Approach …

Diameter, length, speed, and conduction delay of callosal axons in macaque monkeys and humans: comparing data from histology and magnetic resonance imaging …

R Caminiti, F Carducci, C Piervincenzi… - Journal of …, 2013 - Soc Neuroscience
Three macaque monkeys and 13 healthy human volunteers underwent diffusion tensor MRI
with a 3 Tesla scanner for diffusion tract tracing (DTT) reconstruction of callosal bundles from …

Test–retest reliability and concurrent validity of in vivo myelin content indices: Myelin water fraction and calibrated T1w/T2w image ratio

M Arshad, JA Stanley, N Raz - Human brain mapping, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
In an age‐heterogeneous sample of healthy adults, we examined test–retest reliability (with
and without participant repositioning) of two popular MRI methods of estimating myelin …

Evolution and development of interhemispheric connections in the vertebrate forebrain

R Suárez, I Gobius, LJ Richards - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Axonal connections between the left and right sides of the brain are crucial for bilateral
integration of lateralized sensory, motor, and associative functions. Throughout vertebrate …