Subthalamic Nucleus: Neuroanatomical Review

Subthalamic Nucleus: Neuroanatomical Review

Discovered in 1865 by Jules Bernard Luys, the subthalamic nucleus is a set of small nuclei located in the diencephalon, inferior to the thalamus and superior to the substantia nigra, that can be visualized in a posterior coronal section. Histologically, it consists of neurons compactly distributed a...

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Main Authors: Marcelo José Silva de Magalhães, Claudiojanes dos Reis, Juliana Rabelo da Silva Sousa, Victória Souza Marques, Tayná Cardoso Gonçalves, Iara Cristina Vieira Ribeiro, Leide Daiana Silveira Cardoso, Victor Caribé Crosland Guimarães, Frederico Gustavo de Souza Marques, Sarah Dias Pereira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações Ltda. 2017-12-01
Series:Brazilian Neurosurgery
Subjects:
subthalamic nucleus
efferent pathways
chorea
parkinson disease
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0037-1615268

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