Anatomy Research International / 2013 / Article / Tab 1 / Research Article
Anatomy of the Human Subthalamic Nucleus: A Combined Morphometric Study Table 1 Dimensions of the STN on T2-weighted transverse MRIs at level
, number of transverse slices where this nucleus was visible,
of the STN, and AC-PC length.
STN
Slices where STN was visible D (mm)AC-PC length (mm) Age (years)
Gender hemisphere W (mm)L (mm)1 R1 7.2 7.2 3 9.0 23.0 64 M 2 R2 4.5 6.3 3 8.1 21.6 70 M 3 R3 4.0 6.4 3 5.6 17.6 60 M 4 R4 5.0 7.5 3 9.0 27.0 69 F 5 R5 7.7 9.9 3 11.0 26.4 54 F 6 R6 5.0 6.0 4 8.0 26.0 71 F 7 R7 7.0 8.1 3 9.3 27.3 67 M 8 R8 5.0 8.0 3 8.0 27.0 69 M 9 R9 4.8 7.4 3 7.7 28.3 37 M 10 R10 8.9 11.2 3 10.3 27.9 51 F 11 R11 6.0 4.9 2 6.0 28.4 30 M 12 R12 8.4 10.5 4 12.1 24.7 51 M 13 R13 7.2 7.6 3 8.5 27.3 38 F 14 R14 — — — — 27.9 55 F 15 R15 6.9 9.4 3 9.7 28.5 54 M 16 R16 — — 3 8.8 27.2 23 M 17 R17 5.2 7.7 3 8.1 27.0 52 F 18 R18 8.7 6.7 3 9.8 29.3 67 M 19 R19 — — 3 — 25.0 57 F 20 R20 4.0 9.6 4 9.3 25.4 63 M 21 R21 6.6 8.0 3 9.5 25.4 55 M 22 R22 4.8 6.8 3 6.5 25.6 71 F 23 R23 — 8.0 3 7.2 25.6 59 M 24 R24 4.9 7.8 4 7.9 28.2 36 M 25 R25 5.8 6.1 4 7.0 31.0 63 M 26 R26 6.2 8.5 3 8.9 25.4 38 F 27 L1 4.5 5.4 3 7.2 — 64 M 28 L2 4.5 6.8 3 8.1 — 70 M 29 L3 4.0 5.6 3 4.8 — 60 M 30 L4 5.6 6.9 3 9.0 — 69 F 31 L5 7.7 7.7 3 11.0 — 54 F 32 L6 4.0 6.0 4 8.5 — 71 F 33 L7 5.2 9.3 3 11.6 — 67 M 34 L8 6.0 6.0 3 — — 69 M 35 L9 6.9 9.3 3 7.9 — 37 M 36 L10 8.8 9.1 3 9.6 — 51 F 37 L11 6.4 4.8 2 6.4 — 30 M 38 L12 7.3 9.4 4 11.1 — 51 M 39 L13 7.3 8.9 3 7.5 — 38 F 40 L14 — — — — — 55 F 41 L15 7.5 9.2 3 9.8 — 54 M 42 L16 — — 3 9.2 — 23 M 43 L17 4.1 7.7 3 8.2 — 52 F 44 L18 7.8 9.3 3 9.3 — 67 M 45 L19 — — 3 — — 57 F 46 L20 7.2 11.0 4 9.8 — 63 M 47 L21 6.2 8.7 3 9.6 — 55 M 48 L22 4.7 7.0 3 6.7 — 71 F 49 L23 5.1 7.6 3 7.6 — 59 M 50 L24 4.2 7.5 4 7.9 — 36 M 51 L25 5.3 7.4 4 7.5 — 63 M 52 L26 5.0 5.6 3 6.9 — 38 F MV 5.98 7.73 3.16 8.52 26.31 54.77 SD 1.46 1.56 0.47 1.56 2.67 13.60
STN: subthalamic nucleus; W : width; L : length; D : STN maximum dimension (diameter); AC: anterior commissure; PC: posterior commissure; R: right; L: left; M: male; F: female; MV: mean value; SD: standard deviation.
