Targeting the Pedunculopontine Nucleus in Parkinson's Disease: Time to Go Back to the Drawing Board

Overview

Journal Mov Disord

Date 2018 Nov 7

PMID 30398673

Citations 11

Authors

Roger L Albin

D James Surmeier

Cecilia Tubert

Martin Sarter

Martijn L T M Muller

Nicolaas I Bohnen

William T Dauer

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