Anatomy of the Human Thalamus Based on Spontaneous Contrast and Microscopic Voxels in High-Field Magnetic Resonance Imaging

It seems possible to identify the subcompartments of the thalamus by spontaneous MRI contrast, allowing a tissue architectural approach. In addition, the MRI tissue architecture matches the earlier subcompartmentalization based on cyto- and chemoarchitecture. This true 3D anatomic study of the thalamus may be useful in clinical neuroscience and neurosurgical applications.