The pig model in brain imaging and neurosurgery

Animal

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1138-1151

  Sauleau, P ^a   Lapouble, E ^a   Val Laillet, D ^a   Malbert, C H ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Neuroimaging; Neuronavigation; Pig; Single photon emission tomography

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 68349155857     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731109004649     Document Type: Article

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