The human locus coeruleus 3-D stereotactic anatomy

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 879-885

  Fernandes, P ^a   Regala, J ^a   Correia, F ^a   Goncalves Ferreira A J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Brainstem; Human Brain; Locus ceruleus; Microsurgery; Stereotaxy

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MALE; MICROTOME; NEUROANATOMY; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AUTOPSY; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LOCUS COERULEUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSURGERY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84872332525     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-0979-y     Document Type: Article

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