Neurophysiological evaluation of the pedunculopontine nucleus in humans

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1423-1429

  Profice, P ^a   Mazzone, P ^b   Pilato, F ^a   Dileone, M ^a   Insola, A ^b   Ranieri, F ^a   Di Lazzaro, V ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b Neurochirurgia CTO   (Italy)

^c SAN GIOVANNI CALIBITA FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN 15; WATER;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS INTERNUS; HUMAN; MEDULLARY NUCLEUS; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONS RETICULAR FORMATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPINAL CORD; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 80755175741     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0644-3     Document Type: Article

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