A method for improving the accuracy of stereotaxic procedures in monkeys using implanted fiducial markers in CT scans that also serve as anchor points in a stereotaxic frame

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-89

  Risher, D W ^b   Zhang, X ^b   Kostarczyk, E ^a,b   Gokin, A P ^b   Honda, C N ^b   Giesler Jr , G J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

CT scans; Fiducial landmarks; Monkeys; Stereotaxic injections

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ANIMALS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MACACA; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030903973     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)02215-7     Document Type: Article

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