Regional anatomy of the pedunculopontine nucleus: Relevance for deep brain stimulation

Movement Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1330-1336

  Fournier Gosselin, Marie Pierre ^a   Lipsman, Nir ^b   Saint Cyr, Jean A ^b   Hamani, Clement ^b   Lozano, Andres M ^b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Gait; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Posture; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANXIETY; BASAL GANGLION; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN AQUEDUCT; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL GRAY MATTER; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GAIT; HUMAN; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFERIOR OLIVE; LOCOMOTION; LOCUS CERULEUS; MEDIAL LEMNISCUS; MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL FASCICULUS; MESENCEPHALON; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NEUROANATOMY; OCULOMOTOR NUCLEUS; OSCILLOPSIA; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PERIODONTIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; PYRAMIDAL TRACT; REVIEW; SPINE; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPERIOR CEREBELLAR PEDUNCLE; SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLE; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; TROCHLEAR NUCLEUS; UNPLEASANT SENSATION; WELLBEING;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; GAIT; PARKINSON'S DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE NUCLEUS; POSTURE; STEREOTACTIC SURGERY;

DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84884726686     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.25620     Document Type: Review

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