The pedunculopontine nucleus as a target for deep brain stimulation

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1461-1468

  Hamani, Clement ^a   Moro, Elena ^a   Lozano, Andres M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Falls; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Sleep; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EFFERENT NERVE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAIT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS INTERNUS; HINDLIMB; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; MUSCLE TONE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC NERVE; OSCILLATION; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARS COMPACTA; PARS DISSIPATA; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PEPTIDERGIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; BIOPHYSICS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 80755163541     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-010-0547-8     Document Type: Article

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