Functional neuroanatomy of the human premotor oculomotor brainstem nuclei: Insights from postmortem and advanced in vivo imaging studies

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Rüb, Udo ^a   Jen, Joanna C ^b   Braak, Heiko ^a   Deller, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Neuroanatomy; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neuroradiology; Nissl pigment staining; Oculomotor system

Indexed keywords

LIPOFUSCIN;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NISSL SUBSTANCE; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; PONS; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STAINING; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; TISSUE SECTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

BRAIN STEM; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEURONS;

EID: 42649086767     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-008-1342-8     Document Type: Review

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