A block to pre-prepared movement in gait freezing, relieved by pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation.

Gait freezing and postural instability are disabling features of Parkinsonian disorders, treatable with pedunculopontine nucleus stimulation. Both features are considered deficits of proximal and axial musculature, innervated predominantly by reticulospinal pathways and tend to manifest when gait an...

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Main Authors: Thevathasan, W, Pogosyan, A, Hyam, J, Jenkinson, N, Bogdanovic, M, Coyne, T, Silburn, P, Aziz, T, Brown, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011