Wagman I H, Loeffler J R, McMillan J A
Brain Behav Evol. 1975;12(1-2):116-34. doi: 10.1159/000124143.
An analysis of the brain weight of 196 rhesus monkeys and lateral X-rays of 91 more was made to determine and correct the effect of growth and development on sterotaxic variability. A comparison of body weight to brain weight shows that the brain grows rapidly initially in a linear relationship with body weight and can increase in weight even into adulthood, with a significant amount of variability found throughout its development. The examination of the cranial base and sterotaxic reference points indicates that the brain rotates during growth in a forward and downward direction in relation to the sterotaxic planes. The distance between the anterior clinoid process and AP-0 shows an increase of little variability from linearity during growth. This distance can be used to correct for the anterior-posterior plane found in standard stereotaxic atlases. The flattening out of the cranial base results in a horizontal plane readjustment during growth. A horizontal correction can be made by measuring the distance between the base of the pituitary fossa and H-10 plane.
对196只恒河猴的脑重量进行了分析，并对另外91只恒河猴进行了外侧X射线检查，以确定并校正生长发育对立体定向变异性的影响。体重与脑重量的比较表明，脑最初与体重呈线性关系快速生长，甚至在成年期脑重量仍可增加，且在其整个发育过程中存在大量变异性。对颅底和立体定向参考点的检查表明，在生长过程中，脑相对于立体定向平面沿向前和向下的方向旋转。前床突与AP-0之间的距离在生长过程中偏离线性的变化很小。该距离可用于校正标准立体定向图谱中的前后平面。颅底变平导致生长过程中的水平面重新调整。可以通过测量垂体窝底部与H-10平面之间的距离进行水平校正。
