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. 2017 Sep;12(9):1559-1560.
doi: 10.4103/1673-5374.215269.

Unusual neural tract between injured fornix and pedunculopontine nucleus in a patient with traumatic brain injury

Sung Ho Jang  1 , Jeong Pyo Seo  1
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Unusual neural tract between injured fornix and pedunculopontine nucleus in a patient with traumatic brain injury

Sung Ho Jang et al. Neural Regen Res. 2017 Sep.
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Conflicts of interest: The authors reports no disclosures relevant to the manuscript.

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T2-weighted MRI and DTT images in a 64-year-old male patient with traumatic brain injury. (A) T2-weighted MR images taken at 6 months after onset showed leukomalactic lesions in both frontal lobes and basal forebrain (red arrows). (B) Findings on 6-month diffusion tensor tractography showed discontinuations in the anterior portion of the fornix body and both crus. The end of the fornix body was connected to the right pedunculopontine nucleus via a neural tract (blue arrows) that passed through the right pedunculopontine nucleus (yellow arrow). (C) The absence of neural connection between the fornix and the pedunculopontine nucleus was observed in five normal control subjects. R: Right: A: anterior.
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