Anatomical location of the pedunculopontine nucleus in the human brain: Diffusion tensor imaging study

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 152-156

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Kim, Seong Ho ^a   Ahn, Young Hwan ^b   Son, Su Min ^a   Jang, Sung Ho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diffusion tensor imaging; Gait; Pedunculopontine nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MESENCEPHALON; NORMAL HUMAN; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 79953858599     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: 14230372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324890     Document Type: Article

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