Microsurgical anatomy of the inferior limiting insular sulcus and the temporal stem

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1263-1273

  Ribas, Eduardo Carvalhal ^a,b   Yagmurlu, Kaan ^a   Wen, Hung Tzu ^b   Rhoton, Albert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cerebrum; Inferior limiting insular sulcus; Microsurgical anatomy; Temporal stem; Transsylvian approach; White matter fibers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN CORTEX; HUMAN; MYELINATED NERVE; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; TEMPORAL LOBE; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84938501831     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2014.10.JNS141194     Document Type: Article

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