Contribution of the pedunculopontine nucleus on walking in stroke patients

European Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 332-337

  Yeo, Sang Seok ^a   Ahn, Sang Ho ^b   Choi, Byung Yeon ^b   Chang, Chul Hoon ^b   Lee, Jun ^b   Jang, Sung Ho ^b  

^a Daegu University   (South Korea)

^b Yeungnam University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain plasticity; Diffusion tensor imaging; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Stroke; Walking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; STROKE; WALKING;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; STROKE; WALKING;

EID: 79955903049     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324152     Document Type: Article

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