High-level gait and balance disorders in the elderly: A midbrain disease?

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 196-206

  Demain, Adèle ^a,b,c   Westby, G W Max ^a,b,c   Fernandez Vidal, Sara ^a,b,c,d   Karachi, Carine ^a,b,c   Bonneville, Fabrice ^e,f   Do, Manh Cuong ^g,h   Delmaire, Christine ^d,i   Dormont, Didier ^a,b,c,j   Bardinet, Eric ^a,b,c,d   Agid, Yves ^a,b,c   Chastan, Nathalie ^j,k   Welter, Marie Laure ^a,b,c,j  

^a INSTITUT DU CERVEAU ET DE LA MOELLE ÉPINIÈRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^f CHU PURPAN   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

ⁱ LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^j ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^k ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

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Author keywords

Gait initiation; Higher level gait disorders; Mesencephalic locomotor region; MRI

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; POSTURAL BALANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84895075972     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-013-7174-x     Document Type: Article

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