The anatomy and localization of the pedunculopontine nucleus determined using probabilistic diffusion tractography [corrected].

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) has recently been shown to effectively ameliorate medically intractable axial symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). The effects of DBS are not limited to the targeted structure, but will affect the distributed anatomical network...

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Main Authors: Aravamuthan, B, Stein, J, Aziz, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008