Damage to the reticulotegmental nucleus of the pons in spinocerebellar ataxia type 1, 2, and 3

Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1258-1263

  Rub U ^a   Burk K ^b   Schols L ^c   Brunt, E R ^d   De Vos, R A I ^e   Orozco Diaz, G ^f   Gierga, K ^a   Ghebremedhin, E ^a   Schultz, C ^a   Del Turco, D ^a   Mittelbronn, M ^g   Auburger, G ^a   Deller, T ^a   Braak, H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e Laboratorium Pathologie Oost Nederland   (Netherlands)

^f VI Lenin University Hospital   (Cuba)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMINE;

ABDUCENS NERVE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSMETRIA; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NISSL SUBSTANCE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OCULOMOTOR NERVE DISEASE; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

EID: 20844441602     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000140498.24112.8C     Document Type: Article

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