Research Article
Anatomy of the Human Subthalamic Nucleus: A Combined Morphometric Study
Table 2
Dimensions of the STN on transverse cerebral sections at level
and AC-PC length.
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AC-PC length (mm) | | hemisphere | W (mm) | L (mm) | D (mm) |
| | 1 | R3 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 23 | | 2 | R7 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 11.0 | 31 | | 3 | L8 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 31 | | 4 | L11 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 32 | | 5 | L9 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 27 | | 6 | L12 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 29 | | 7 | L10 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 29 | | 8 | L2 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 25 | | 9 | R2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 26 | | 10 | L3 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 26 | | 11 | R5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 26 | | 12 | R1 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 11.0 | 32 | | 13 | L6 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 30 | | 14 | R6 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 25 | | 15 | R4 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 25 | | 16 | L7 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 26 | | 17 | L1 | 7.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 24 | | 18 | L4 | 9.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 26 | | 19 | L5 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 26 | | 20 | L15 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 31 | | 21 | L16 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 11.0 | 28 | | 22 | L13 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 29 | | 23 | R9 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 26 | | 24 | L18 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 25 | | 25 | R16 | — | — | — | 26 | | 26 | L24 | — | — | — | 26 | | MV | 6.29 | 8.08 | 9.23 | 27.31 | | SD | 1.65 | 1.50 | 1.37 | 2.59 |
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STN: subthalamic nucleus; W: width; L: length; D: maximum dimension (diameter) of the STN; AC: anterior commissure; PC: posterior commissure; R: right; L: left; MV: mean value; and SD: standard deviation.
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