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7.0T ultrahigh-field MRI directly visualized the pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson's disease patients

OBJECTIVES: The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is considered a promising new target for neurostimulation in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with postural instability and gait disturbance that is refractory to other treatment modalities. However, the PPN is typically difficult to visualize wit...

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Autores principales: Wang, Jia-Wei, Cong, Fei, Zhuo, Yan, Chen, Lin, Wang, Bo, Zhang, Yu-Qing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6456917/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30994703
http://dx.doi.org/10.6061/clinics/2019/e573