title: The distribution of the cortical origin of the corticoreticular pathway in the human brain: a diffusion tensor imaging study.
abstract: We investigated the distribution of the cortical origin of the corticoreticular pathway (CRP) in the human brain. Forty normal subjects were recruited and CRPs from four cortical areas were reconstructed. The first cortical origin area of the CRP was the premotor cortex and the next was the primary motor cortex. Although the CRP fibers also originated from the primary somatosensory cortex and prefrontal cortex, they occupied the smallest portion among four regions of interest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yeungnam University , Daegu , Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jeong Pyo
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016880:Anisotropy; D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D056324:Diffusion Tensor Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009413:Nerve Fibers, Myelinated / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000502:physiology*; D012154:Reticular Formation / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cerebral cortex; corticoreticular pathway; diffusion tensor imaging; premotor cortex