The deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

Neuromodulation

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 191-204

  Mazzone, Paolo ^a   Insola, Angelo ^a   Sposato, Stefano ^a   Scarnati, Eugenio ^b  

^a ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brainstem; Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONS ANGLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; RATING SCALE; REFLEX; SPEECH; STEREOTACTIC PROCEDURE;

EID: 67651205740     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1403.2009.00214.x     Document Type: Article

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