Does dominant pedunculopontine nucleus exist?

Brain

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2015, Pages e323-

  Lam, Susy ^a   Moro, Elena ^b   Poon, Yu Yan ^a   Lozano, Andres M ^c   Fasano, Alfonso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; FREEZING OF GAIT; HUMAN; LETTER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC GAIT DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; FEMALE; GAIT; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; GAIT; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; NERVE NET; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS;

EID: 84922387118     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awu225     Document Type: Letter

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