Motor control by the basal ganglia

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 325-334

  Takakusaki, Kaoru ^a  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia brainstem system; Hybrid model; Midbrain locomotor region; Parkinson disease; Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus; Postural muscle tone

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; COGNITION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE TONE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 67849116463     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5692/clinicalneurol.49.325     Document Type: Review

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