Neurophysiology of the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

F Vitale, A Capozzo, P Mazzone, E Scarnati - Neurobiology of disease, 2019 - Elsevier
The interest in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg), a structure located in the
brainstem at the level of the pontomesencephalic junction, has greatly increased in recent …

Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus area in Parkinson disease: MRI-based anatomoclinical correlations and optimal target

L Goetz, M Bhattacharjee, MU Ferraye, V Fraix… - …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
BACKGROUND Experimental studies led to testing of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the
pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) as a new therapy to treat freezing of gait (FOG) in …

High cervical spinal cord stimulation: a one year follow-up study on motor and non-motor functions in Parkinson's disease

P Mazzone, F Viselli, S Ferraina, M Giamundo… - Brain Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Background: The present study investigated the effectiveness of stimulation applied at
cervical levels on pain and Parkinson's disease (PD) symptoms using either tonic or burst …

Does subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation affect the static balance at different frequencies?

F Oz, B Yucekeya, I Huzmeli, A Yilmaz - Neurocirugía (English Edition), 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the effects of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation
(STN-DBS) with different stimulation frequencies on static balance. Materials and methods …

Pedunculopontine tegmental Nucleus-evoked prepulse inhibition of the blink reflex in Parkinson's disease

A Insola, P Mazzone, G Della Marca, A Capozzo… - Clinical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective To investigate the effects on the blink reflex (BR) of single stimuli applied to the
pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus (PPTg). Methods The BR was evoked by stimulating …