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Functions of the different cortical parts of the brain are mediated by the widespread white matter networks that connect the different parts of the brain. With the advent of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), it is now possible to visualize the larger of these white matter tracts.
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Maheshwari, M., Klein, A., Ulmer, J.L. (2011). White Matter: Functional Anatomy of Key Tracts. In: Faro, S., Mohamed, F., Law, M., Ulmer, J. (eds) Functional Neuroradiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0345-7_37
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