Cerebellar activation during ataxic gait in olivopontocerebellar atrophy: A PET study

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 369-376

  Mishina, Mishina ^a,b   Senda, M ^b   Ishii, K ^b   Ohyama, M ^a,b   Kitamura, S ^a   Katayama, Y ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activation study; Bipedal gait; FDG PET; Olivopontocerebellar atrophy; Spinocerebellum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OLIVOPONTOCEREBELLAR ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032746731     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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