What is dorso-lateral in the subthalamic Nucleus (STN)? - A topographic and anatomical consideration on the ambiguous description of today's primary target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 150, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1163-1165

  Coenen, Volker A ^a,b   Prescher, Andreas ^a   Schmidt, Thorsten ^a   Picozzi, Piero ^c   Gielen, Frans L H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brain; Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's Disease; STN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TOPOGRAPHY;

BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIENCEPHALON; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONAVIGATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 55949091405     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-008-0136-x     Document Type: Article

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