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MRI sections of the brain in the coronal plane through the line joining the anterior commissure and the mamillary bodies display the constituent parts of the basal forebrain. The visualisation of the septal nuclei and the anterior columns of the fornix show the importance of this plane in the study of behaviour disorders and amnesic syndromes.
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Des coupes IRM de l'encéphale, réalisées selon un plan coronal oblique joignant corps mamillaires et commissure blanche antérieure, permettent de visualiser les différents constituants du cerveau basal antérieur. La mise en évidence des noyaux septaux et des piliers antérieurs du fornix souligne, l'intérêt de ce plan pour l'exploration des troubles comportementaux et des syndromes amnésiques.
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This work was carried out under CNAM/INSERM contract No 86 3 36E
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01623893.
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Baulac, M., Iba-Zizen, M., Granat, O. et al. The commissuro-mamillary plane in MRI of the brain (preliminary communication). Surg Radiol Anat 12, 299–301 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01623710
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