Identification of the pedunculopontine nucleus and surrounding white matter tracts on 7T diffusion tensor imaging, combined with histological validation

BACKGROUND: The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) has been studied as a possible target for deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, identifying the PPN can be challenging as the PPN is poorly visualized on conventional or even high-resolution MR scans. From histological stud...

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Autores principales: Henssen, D. J. H. A., Kuppens, D., Meijer, F. J. A., van Cappellen van Walsum, A. M., Temel, Y., Kurt, E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Paris 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6514272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30382329
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00276-018-2120-3

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