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Abstract #1935

Using Tractography & MEG to Infer Functional and Structural Motor Connectivity in Humans

Monica Bucci1, Sri Nagarajan, Eduardo Caverzasi, Kelly Westlake, Bagrat Amirbekian, Roland Henry

1neurology, ucsf, san francisco, ca, United States

This study was designed to investigate and map the structural inter-regional connectivity of the hand motor network, by combining functional Magnetoencephalography Imaging (MEGI) with High angular resolution diffusion imaging MRI (HARDI) probabilistic tractography methods.

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