Anatomical location of the mesencephalic locomotor region and its possible role in locomotion, posture, cataplexy, and Parkinsonism

Frontiers in Neurology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Sherman, David ^a   Fuller, Patrick M ^a   Marcus, Jacob ^a   Yu, Jun ^b   Zhang, Ping ^c   Chamberlin, Nancy L ^a   Saper, Clifford B ^a   Lu, Jun ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DALIAN MUNICIPAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c DALIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cataplexy; Dopamine; Pontine motor; Sleep

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS;

AKINESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATAPLEXY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; GAIT DISORDER; IMMOBILIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROANATOMICAL TRACT TRACING; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PONTINE TEGMENTUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDORABIES VIRUS; RAT; STANDING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84936937122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2015.00140     Document Type: Article

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