lingual white matter ( liw )
The term lingual white matter refers to the part of occipital lobe white matter that is located beneath the lingual gyrus as defined by dissection and stains for myelin in the human ( Oishi-2009 ) and the macaque ( BrainInfo-2001 ). Equivalent structures are not found in the smooth cerebral cortex of the rat or mouse ( NeuroNames ).
Also known as
| Name | Language | Source | Source Citation | Source Title | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| liw | acronym | NeuroNames | University of Washington, Seattle, WA | NeuroNames | Unspecified |
| Substantia medullaris lingualis | Latin | NeuroNames-2000 | NeuroNames is used as a term's source if no published source of the term has been found. In most cases, the term is an English translation of a commonly used Latin term. In some cases it is a Latin translation of an English term for which no published Latin equivalent has been found. Latin roots of words not found in the neuroanatomical literature are derived from Cassell's Latin Dictionary (Simpson-59). | Unspecified | |
| lingual white matter | English | Oishi-2009 | NeuroImage. 2009 Jun; 46(2):486-499 | Atlas-based whole brain white matter analysis using large deformation diffeomorphic metric mapping: Application to normal elderly and Alzheimer's disease participants | human |