White matter fiber dissection of the optic radiations of the temporal lobe and implications for surgical approaches to the temporal horn

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 739-746

  Sincoff, Eric H ^a   Tan, Yunxi ^a   Abdulrauf, Saleem I ^a,b  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b S Louis Univ Sch Med/Cardinal G   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber dissection; Meyer loop; Optic radiation; Temporal lobectomy; Visual deficit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN REGION; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FROZEN SECTION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; OPTIC RADIATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBECTOMY; THAWING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 7244223296     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.5.0739     Document Type: Article

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