Midbrain ataxia: possible role of the pedunculopontine nucleus in human locomotion.

Cerebrovasc Dis

Department of Neurology, Veterans Affairs West Angeles Healthcare Center and UCLA Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, Calif 90095, USA.

Published: July 2003

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