Neurosurgical relevance of the dissection of the diencephalic white matter tracts using the Klingler technique

The white matter of the brain was described early in the history of the anatomy probably due to its fibrous structure and color [1]. In 1671, Niels Stensen proposed the scraping method for the dissection of the brain white matter [1]. This method was used by numerous anatomists in the two following centuries to describe numerous white matter fiber tracts, which allied to improved brain preservation with fixation chemicals, lead to more accurate drawings and photographs as it was reviewed in [1,2].

Source: Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery - March 2, 2017 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Susana M. Silva, Diogo Cunha-Cabral, Jos é Paulo Andrade Source Type: research