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SUBMITTER: Yokoyama Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7801697 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yokoyama Yoichi Y Yamada Yoshitake Y Kosugi Kenzo K Yamada Minoru M Narita Keiichi K Nakahara Takehiro T Fujiwara Hirokazu H Toda Masahiro M Jinzaki Masahiro M
Scientific reports 20210111 1
We aimed to use upright computed tomography (CT) to depict posture-related changes in the brain tissue under normal gravity. Thirty-two asymptomatic volunteers underwent upright CT in the sitting position and conventional CT in the supine position on the same day. We compared the shift of the pineal body, cerebellar tonsil, the length of pituitary stalk, optic nerve sheath area and perimeter (ONSA and ONSP, respectively), and lateral ventricular volume between the supine and sitting positions. W ...[more]