On the role of the pedunculopontine nucleus and mesencephalic reticular formation in locomotion in nonhuman primates

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 18, 2016, Pages 4917-4929

  Goetz, Laurent ^a,b   Piallat, Brigitte ^a,b   Bhattacharjee, Manik ^a,b   Mathieu, Hervé ^a,b,d,e   David, Olivier ^a,b   Chabardès, Stéphan ^a,b,c  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUT DES NEUROSCIENCES   (France)

^c Department of Neurosurgery   (France)

^d GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Locomotion; Mesencephalic locomotor region; Mesencephalic reticular formation; Microelectrode recording; Nonhuman primates; Pedunculopontine nucleus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH RECORDING; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FIRING RATE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON RETICULAR FORMATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIMATE MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPIKE WAVE; TREADMILL TEST; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRODE IMPLANT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; RETICULAR FORMATION;

ANIMALS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROELECTRODES; NEURONS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIMATES; RETICULAR FORMATION;

EID: 84965002969     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2514-15.2016     Document Type: Article

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