A new twist on the anatomy of dystonia: The basal ganglia and the cerebellum?

Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1740-1741

  Jinnah, H A ^a,b   Hess, Ellen J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAINIC ACID;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM ATROPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIA; EDITORIAL; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; HUMAN; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

ATROPHY; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBELLUM; DYSTONIA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; NEURAL PATHWAYS; THALAMUS;

EID: 33845402105     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000246112.19504.61     Document Type: Editorial

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