Identification and characterization of neurons with tremor-frequency activity in human globus pallidus

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-563

  Hutchison, W D ^a   Lozano, A M ^a   Tasker, R R ^a   Lang, A E ^a   Dostrovsky, J O ^b  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human globus pallidus; Parkinson's disease; Rest tremor; Tremor cells

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; TREMOR;

EID: 0030966019     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005606     Document Type: Article

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