The role of the pedunculopontine region in basal-ganglia mechanisms of akinesia.
The akinesia of Parkinsonism is relieved by pallidotomy and subthalamic nucleotomy, but not by thalamotomy. Therefore, this disabling symptom probably depends upon connections other than the pallidalthalamocortical tracts, possibly efferents of the medial pallidum descending to the upper brainstem....
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| פורמט: | Journal article |
| שפה: | English |
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1999
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