Corpus callosum morphometry: Comparison of fresh brain, preserved brain and magnetic resonance imaging values

Anatomical Science International

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 162-168

  Gupta, Tulika ^a   Singh, Balbir ^b   Kapoor, Kanchan ^b   Gupta, Madhur ^c   Kochar, Suman ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Autopsy brains; Corpus callosum; Fresh brains; Magnetic resonance imaging; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FORNIX; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

ADULT; CORPUS CALLOSUM; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; HUMANS; INDIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION;

EID: 48449098945     PISSN: 14476959     EISSN: 1447073X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-073X.2008.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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