Toward an agreement on terminology of nuclear and subnuclear divisions of the motor thalamus

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-92

  Macchi, Giorgio ^b   Jones, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

cerebellum; human; monkey; pallidum; proprioception; substantia nigra; thalamocortical projection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CEREBELLUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NOMENCLATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; STEREOTAXIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0031034387     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1997.86.1.0077     Document Type: Article

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