Midbrain ataxia: Possible role of the pedunculopontine nucleus in human locomotion

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 95-96

  Bhidayasiri, Roongroj ^a,b   Hathout, Gasser ^a   Cohen, Stanley N ^a   Tourtellotte, Wallace W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEGMENTUM; TENDON REFLEX; VISUOMOTOR COORDINATION;

AGED; BRAIN STEM INFARCTIONS; GAIT ATAXIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PONS;

EID: 0038655418     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070123     Document Type: Article

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