Lesions in the central tegmental tract in autopsy cases of developmental brain disorders

Brain and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 541-547

  Shioda, Mutsuki ^a,b   Hayashi, Masaharu ^a   Takanashi, Jun ichi ^c   Osawa, Makiko ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central tegmental tract; Dentato rubro olivary system; Neuropathology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; DENTATORUBROPALLIDOLUYSIAN ATROPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFERIOR OLIVE; LYSOSOME STORAGE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MYOCLONUS EPILEPSY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TEGMENTUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL PATHWAYS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959842860     PISSN: 03877604     EISSN: 03877604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.braindev.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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