TY - JOUR
T1 - Imaging white matter tracts and nuclei of the hypothalamus
T2 - An MR-anatomic comparative study
AU - Miller, M. J.
AU - Mark, L. P.
AU - Yetkin, F. Z.
AU - Ho, K. C.
AU - Haughton, V. M.
AU - Estkowski, L.
AU - Wong, E.
PY - 1994
Y1 - 1994
N2 - PURPOSE: To evaluate the MR appearance of the hypothalamus and its associated white matter tracts. METHODS: Coronal and sagittal spin-echo images were obtained in cadaver brains. Gross and histologic sections were made of the cadaver brains. The size, shape, signal intensity, course, and pattern of structures in the hypothalamic region were identified in MR images by comparison with the anatomic sections. RESULTS: The mammillary bodies, paraventricular zone of hypothalamic nuclei, postcommissural fornix, mamillothalamic fasciculus, and anterior commissure were identified on the MR images. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that, with MR imaging of sufficiently high resolution, some of the tracts and nuclei in the hypothalamus may be identified.
AB - PURPOSE: To evaluate the MR appearance of the hypothalamus and its associated white matter tracts. METHODS: Coronal and sagittal spin-echo images were obtained in cadaver brains. Gross and histologic sections were made of the cadaver brains. The size, shape, signal intensity, course, and pattern of structures in the hypothalamic region were identified in MR images by comparison with the anatomic sections. RESULTS: The mammillary bodies, paraventricular zone of hypothalamic nuclei, postcommissural fornix, mamillothalamic fasciculus, and anterior commissure were identified on the MR images. CONCLUSION: This study suggests that, with MR imaging of sufficiently high resolution, some of the tracts and nuclei in the hypothalamus may be identified.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 8141042
AN - SCOPUS:0028139962
SN - 0195-6108
VL - 15
SP - 117
EP - 121
JO - American Journal of Neuroradiology
JF - American Journal of Neuroradiology
IS - 1
ER -