The Subthalamic Nucleus Part I: Development, Cytology, Topography and Connections

• Main Authors: Marani, Enrico (Author), Heida, Tjitske (Author), Lakke, Egbert A. J. F. (Author), Usunoff, Kamen G. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology, 198
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Biomedicine.

This monograph gives an overview of the STN. It treats the position of the STN in hemiballism, based on older and recent data. The cytology encompasses the neuronal types present in the STN in nearly all studied species and focuses on interneurons and the extent of their dendrites. Ultrastructural f...

Table of Contents:

• Cytology of the Subthalamic Nucleus
• Ontogeny of the Subthalamic Nucleus
• Topography of the Rat, Cat, Baboon and Human Subthalamic Nucleus
• Connections of the Subthalamic Nucleus
• Nigro-Subthalamic Connections in the Rat.