Dysautonomia in fatal familial insomnia as an indicator of the potential role of the thalamus in autonomic control

Brain Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 527-530

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a   Stotz Potter, Elizabeth H ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN MAPPING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FATAL FAMILIAL INSOMNIA; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031803607     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1998.tb00174.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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