Unilateral deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus improves oromotor movements in Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Paolo Mazzone; Luca Padua; Gianni Falisi; Angelo Insola; Tiziana M. Florio; Eugenio Scarnati
- Book ID
- 119210977
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 769 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1935-861X
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