Is the midbrain involved in the manifestation of gait disturbance in idiopathic normal-pressure hydrocephalus?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 820-825

  Hiraoka, Kotaro ^a,b   Yamasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Takagi, Masahito ^a   Saito, Makoto ^a   Nishio, Yoshiyuki ^a   Iizuka, Osamu ^a   Kanno, Shigenori ^a   Kikuchi, Hirokazu ^a   Mori, Etsuro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gait disturbance; Idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mesencephalic locomotor region; Midbrain; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Shunt surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; IDIOPATHIC NORMAL PRESSURE HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; NORMOTENSIVE HYDROCEPHALUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID SHUNTS; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS, NORMAL PRESSURE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON;

EID: 79960023043     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-010-5847-2     Document Type: Article

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