Pedunculopontine nucleus: Functional organization and clinical implications

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1148-1155

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE;

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONNECTOME; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP PATTERN; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; THALAMUS; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SLEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876210507     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182886a76     Document Type: Article

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