Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 512-518 , October 2010

Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine tegmentum and subthalamic nucleus: Effects on gait in Parkinson's disease

  • A. Peppe

      Affiliations

    • I.R.C.C.S, Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 309, 00179 Rome, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +39 06515011.
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  • M. Pierantozzi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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  • C. Chiavalon

      Affiliations

    • I.R.C.C.S, Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 309, 00179 Rome, Italy
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  • F. Marchetti

      Affiliations

    • I.R.C.C.S, Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 309, 00179 Rome, Italy
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  • C. Caltagirone

      Affiliations

    • I.R.C.C.S, Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 309, 00179 Rome, Italy
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  • M. Musicco

      Affiliations

    • I.R.C.C.S, Santa Lucia Foundation, Via Ardeatina 309, 00179 Rome, Italy
    • Institute of Biomedical Technology, National Research Council, Segrate, Milan, Italy
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  • P. Stanzione

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy
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  • A. Stefani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neuroscience, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

Received 11 August 2009 ,Revised 14 July 2010 ,Accepted 16 July 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.gaitpost.2010.07.012

Gait & Posture
Volume 32, Issue 4 , Pages 512-518 , October 2010

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