Cytoarchitectonic basis for safe entry into the brainstem

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 383-387

  Bogucki, Jacek ^a   Czernicki, Z ^a   Gielecki, J ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brainstem cytoarchitecture; Brainstem surgery; Fourth ventricle floor; Transtegmental approach

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN SURGERY; CRANIAL NERVE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; FACE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MORPHOMETRICS; NISSL SUBSTANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SAFETY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEGMENTUM; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 0034079008     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050446     Document Type: Article

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