Exploration of the role of the upper brainstem in motor control

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 78, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 158-167

  Nandi, Dipankar ^a   Stein, J F ^a   Aziz, T Z ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Akinesia; Brainstem; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Primate; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,6 TETRAHYDRO 1 METHYL 4 PHENYLPYRIDINE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN STEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PRIMATE; TREMOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; MACACA; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS;

EID: 0036943570     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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