Connectivity of the pedunculopontine nucleus in parkinsonian freezing of gait

NeuroReport

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 914-916

  Schweder, Patrick M ^b   Hansen, Peter C ^a   Green, Alex L ^b   Quaghebeur, Gerardine ^a   Stein, John ^a   Aziz, Tipu Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation; diffusion tensor imaging; freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease; pedunculopontine nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 77956410001     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32833ce5f1     Document Type: Article

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