Cortex
Volume 44, Issue 8 , Pages 936-952 , September 2008

Studying connections in the living human brain with diffusion MRI

  • Derek K. Jones

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Park Place, Cardiff CF10 3AT, UK.

Received 7 June 2007 ,Revised 24 October 2007 ,Accepted 9 December 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.05.002

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