Anatomical study of the central myelin portion and transitional zone of the vestibulocochlear nerve

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 154, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2277-2283

  Guclu, Bulent ^a,d   Sindou, Marc ^a   Meyronet, David ^b,c   Streichenberger, Nathalie ^b,c   Simon, Emile ^a   Mertens, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c LYON NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (France)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brainstem; Cranial nerves; Transitional zone; Vascular compression syndromes; Vestibulocochlear nerve

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAINSTEM TO TRANSITIONAL ZONE DISTANCE; CADAVER; CENTRAL MYELIN PORTION VOLUME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; NERVE THICKNESS TO BRAINSTEM; NERVE THICKNESS TO TRANSITIONAL ZONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL ZONE DEPTH; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE CENTRAL MYELIN PORTION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE TRANSITIONAL ZONE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 84871086801     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-012-1479-x     Document Type: Article

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