The subthalamic nucleus (STN) is one of the most important stereotactic targets in
neurosurgery, and its accurate imaging is crucial. With improving MRI sequences there is …

Quantitative magnetic susceptibility mapping (QSM) has recently been introduced to provide
a novel quantitative and local MRI contrast. However, the anatomical contrast represented …

Iron has long been implicated in many neurological and other organ diseases. It is known
that over and above the normal increases in iron with age, in certain diseases there is an …

BACKGROUND: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery is used for treating movement
disorders, including Parkinson disease, essential tremor, and dystonia. Successful DBS …

Objective: To investigate anatomical changes in the substantia nigra (SN) of Parkinson
disease (PD) patients with age‐matched controls by using ultra‐high field magnetic …

MRI Susceptibility Weighted Imaging discusses the promising new MRI technique called
Susceptibility Weighted Imaging (SWI), a powerful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of …

Different brain structures accumulate iron at different rates throughout the adult life span.
Typically, striatal and brain stem structures are higher in iron concentrations in older than …

The subthalamic nucleus (STN) plays a crucial role in the surgical treatment of Parkinson's
disease (PD). Studies investigating optimal protocols for STN visualization using state of the …

The pattern of dopamine cell loss in Parkinson's disease (PD) is known to be prominent in
the ventrolateral and caudal substantia nigra (SN), but less severe in the dorsal and rostral …

The advantages of ultra-high magnetic field (7 Tesla) MRI for basic science research and
neuroscience applications have proven invaluable. Structural and functional MR images of …