The circumventricular organs of the brain: Conspicuity on clinical 3T MRI and a review of functional anatomy

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 343-349

  Horsburgh, Avril ^a   Massoud, Tarik F ^a,b  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Circumventricular organs; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA POSTREMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CIRCUMVENTRICULAR ORGAN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANUM VASCULOSUM OF THE LAMINA TERMINALIS; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; SUBFORNICEAL ORGAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880571700     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-012-1048-2     Document Type: Review

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