Human pallidothalamic and cerebellothalamic tracts: Anatomical basis for functional stereotactic neurosurgery

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 443-463

  Gallay, Marc N ^a   Jeanmonod, Daniel ^a   Liu, Jian ^a,b   Morel, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Essential tremor; Motor disorders; Parkinson's disease; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLOTHALAMIC TRACT; CEREBELLUM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTHALAMIC TRACT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT; THALAMUS;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGED; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARVALBUMINS; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 48749121136     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-007-0170-0     Document Type: Article

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