Influence of livestock keeping on feeding behavior, host choice, and spatial distribution of malaria vectors in rural northwestern Tanzania.
Authors: Zakayo D, Matiya DJ, Kidima W, Kwon J, Kwon BI, Mazigo E
Journal: Parasites, hosts and diseases
mental health
psychology
open access
Abstract
White matter consists of myelinated axonal pathways that establish structural connectivity between different cerebral regions. These pathways are traditionally categorized into association, projection, and commissural fiber systems. Association fibers interconnect cortical regions within the same hemisphere, projection fibers connect cortical and subcortical structures, and commissural fibers provide interhemispheric connectivity. Human cadaveric white matter dissection using the Klingler technique remains one of the principal methodologies for investigating the three-dimensional organization of cerebral fiber systems. Compared with animal-based preparations, human cadaveric dissections provide substantially greater anatomical accuracy and direct microsurgical relevance. In recent years, these anatomical investigations have increasingly been complemented by diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) tractography, allowing closer correlation between microsurgical dissection findings and radiological connectivity analyses. Despite the increasing number of human cadaveric white matter dissection studies, the extent to which individual fiber pathways are consistently represented across the anatomical literature has not been systematically quantified. In particular, potential differences in tract representation related to fiber-class anatomy, dissection accessibility, and methodological orientation remain poorly characterized.