Tractography of the amygdala and hippocampus: Anatomical study and application to selective amygdalohippocampectomy - Laboratory investigation

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1135-1143

  Colnat Coulbois, Sophie ^a   Mok, Kelvin ^a   Klein, Denise ^a   Pénicaud, Sidonie ^a   Tanriverdi, Taner ^a   Olivier, André ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Diffusion tensor tractography; Epilepsy surgery; Hippocampus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; AMYGDALOHIPPOCAMPECTOMY; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRIA TERMINALIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VIRTUAL REALITY; VOLUMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650081393     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.3.JNS091832     Document Type: Article

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