Anatomical study of the trigeminal and facial cranial nerves with the aid of 3.0-tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 483-490

  Kakizawa, Yukinari ^a   Seguchi, Tatsuya ^b   Kodama, Kunihiko ^b   Ogiwara, Toshihiro ^b   Sasaki, Tetsuo ^b   Goto, Tetsuya ^b   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anatomical study; Facial nerve; Magnetic resonance imaging; Trigeminal nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HEMIFACIAL SPASM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA;

EID: 40549099730     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 00223085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/JNS/2008/108/3/0483     Document Type: Article

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