Cerebral white matter structure

Known as: Cerebral White Matter, cerebral matter white, white matter cerebral 
A type of brain tissue in the cerebrum consisting of myelinated axons and glial cells.
National Institutes of Health

Related topics

Related topics

13 relations
BrainCerebral hemisphere structure (body structure)Cerebral subcortexNervous system structure
(More)

Narrower (7)

Corpus CallosumExternal capsuleInternal capsule of brainLamina Terminalis
(More)

Broader (1)

Telencephalon

Papers overview

Semantic Scholar uses AI to extract papers important to this topic.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Reproducibility of quantitative tractography methods applied to cerebral white matter
Tractography based on diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) allows visualization of white matter tracts. In this study, protocols to… (More)
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Age-related alterations in white matter microstructure measured by diffusion tensor imaging
Cerebral white matter (WM) undergoes various degenerative changes with normal aging, including decreases in myelin density and… (More)
  • table 1
  • figure 1
  • table 2
  • table 3
  • figure 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Localization of white matter volume increase in autism and developmental language disorder.
Increased brain volume in autism appears to be driven mainly by an unexplained white matter enlargement, and we have reported a… (More)
  • figure 1
  • table 1
  • table 2
  • figure 2
  • figure 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Dissociations of cerebral cortex, subcortical and cerebral white matter volumes in autistic boys.
High-functioning autistic and normal school-age boys were compared using a whole-brain morphometric profile that includes both… (More)
  • figure 1
  • table 1
  • table 2
  • figure 2
  • table 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Hypertension and cerebral white matter lesions in a prospective cohort study.
White matter lesions are frequently found on cerebral MRI scans of elderly people and are thought to be important in the… (More)
  • table 1
  • table 2
  • table 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Late oligodendrocyte progenitors coincide with the developmental window of vulnerability for human perinatal white matter injury.
Hypoxic-ischemic injury to the periventricular cerebral white matter [periventricular leukomalacia (PVL)] results in cerebral… (More)
  • figure 1
  • figure 2
  • figure 3
  • figure 4
  • figure 5
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Cerebral white matter lesions and cognitive function: the Rotterdam Scan Study.
Cerebral white matter lesions (WMLs) have been associated with cognitive dysfunction. Whether periventricular or subcortical WMLs… (More)
  • figure 1
  • table 1
  • table 2
  • figure 2
  • figure 3
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Microstructural Development of Human Newborn Cerebral White Matter Assessed in Vivo by Diffusion Tensor Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Alterations of the architecture of cerebral white matter in the developing human brain can affect cortical development and result… (More)
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Cerebral white matter is highly vulnerable to ischemia.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The effects of ischemia on the cerebral white matter structure seldom have been studied possibly because… (More)
Is this relevant?
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Diffuse degeneration of the cerebral white matter in severe dementia following head injury.
This paper reports the findings in the brains of five patients who' survived a closed head injury in a more or less decerebrate… (More)
Is this relevant?