Cause of parkinsonian symptoms: Firing rate, firing pattern or dynamic activity changes?

Basal Ganglia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Nambu, Atsushi ^a   Tachibana, Yoshihisa ^a   Chiken, Satomi ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Direct and indirect pathways; Dystonia; Hyperdirect pathway; Movement disorder; Oscillation; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; BETA RHYTHM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DYNAMIC ACTIVITY MODEL; FIRING PATTERN MODEL; FIRING RATE MODEL; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 84926134222     PISSN: 22105336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baga.2014.11.001     Document Type: Review

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