Revealing the ventral amygdalofugal pathway of the human limbic system using high spatial resolution diffusion tensor tractography

• Published in: Brain Structure and Function Vol. 221; no. 7; pp. 3561 - 3569
• Main Authors: Kamali, Arash, Sair, Haris I., Blitz, Ari M., Riascos, Roy F., Mirbagheri, Saeedeh, Keser, Zafer, Hasan, Khader M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Amygdala - anatomy & histology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Brain; Cell Biology; Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Limbic System - anatomy & histology; Male; Neural Pathways - anatomy & histology; Neurology; Neurons; Neurosciences; Original Article; Physiology; Studies; White Matter - anatomy & histology; Young Adult; Amygdalofugal; High resolution; Amygdala; Anterior commissure; Limbic; Tractography; Hypothalamus; Hippocampus; Diffusion tensor imaging

The amygdala is known to have a role in core processes regulated by the limbic system such as motivation, memory, emotion, social behavior, self-awareness as well as certain primitive instincts. Several functional studies have investigated some of these brain tasks of the human limbic system. Howeve...