The human premotor oculomotor brainstem system - Can it help to understand oculomotor symptoms in Huntington's disease?

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-15

  Rub U ^a   Heinsen, H ^b   Brunt, E R ^e   Landwehrmeyer, B ^c   Den Dunnen, W Fa ^e   Gierga, K ^d   Deller, T ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Neuroanatomy; Nissl pigment staining; Oculomotor system; Polyglutamine diseases

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR VISION; BRAIN STEM; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; EYE MOVEMENT CONTROL; EYE MOVEMENT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEUROANATOMY; NISSL SUBSTANCE; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STAINING;

BRAIN STEM; EYE MOVEMENTS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 58849161796     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00994.x     Document Type: Review

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