Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 404-415 , December 2007

Macroanatomy and Microanatomy of the Temporal Lobe

  • Javier DeFelipe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
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  • M. Ángeles Fernández-Gil, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Infanta Cristina Hospital, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz (CHUB), Servicio Extremen̂o de Salud (SES), Spain.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: M. Ángeles Fernández-Gil, MD, C/Jesús Rincón Jiménez No. 82, 5° D, 06010 Badajoz, Spain.
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  • Asta Kastanauskaite, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroanatomy and Cell Biology, Instituto Cajal (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
    • ,
  • Ramón Palacios Bote, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Infanta Cristina Hospital, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz (CHUB), Servicio Extremen̂o de Salud (SES), Spain.
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  • Yolanda Gañán Presmanes, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Anatomic Disections, Morfologic Sciences Department, School of Medicine, Universidad de Extremadura (UNEX), Badajoz, Spain.
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  • Mario Trinidad Ruiz, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Infanta Cristina Hospital, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz (CHUB), Servicio Extremen̂o de Salud (SES), Spain.

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 This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science (BFI2003-02745, BFI2003-01018, BFU2006-13395) and the “Comunidad de Madrid” (grant 08.5/0027/2001.1).

PII: S0887-2171(07)00075-3

doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2007.09.003

Seminars in Ultrasound, CT and MRI
Volume 28, Issue 6 , Pages 404-415 , December 2007

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