Connections of sympathetic fibres inside the cavernous sinus: A microanatomical study

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Mariniello, Giuseppe ^a   Annecchiarico, Henry ^a   Sardo, Luigi ^a   Buonamassa, Simona ^a   Divitiis, Enrico De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Cranial nerves; Horner's syndrome; Internal carotid artery; Microsurgical anatomy; Sympathetic fibres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CRANIAL NERVE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROANATOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SYMPATHETIC NERVE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADRENERGIC FIBERS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; NERVE NET; OPHTHALMIC ARTERY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 0034050272     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(99)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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