A Direct Cortico-Nigral Pathway as Revealed by Constrained Spherical Deconvolution Tractography in Humans

Substantia nigra is an important neuronal structure, located in the ventral midbrain, that exerts a regulatory function within the basal ganglia circuitry through the nigro-striatal pathway. Although its subcortical connections are relatively well known in human brain, very little is known about its...

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Main Authors: Alberto Cacciola, Demetrio Milardi, Giuseppe Pio Anastasi, Gianpaolo Antonio Basile, Pietro Ciolli, Mariangela Irrera, Giuseppina Cutroneo, Daniele Bruschetta, Giuseppina Rizzo, Stefania Mondello, Placido Bramanti, Angelo Quartarone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00374/full