Stimulation for the compact parts of pedunculopontine nucleus: an available therapeutic approach in intractable epilepsy

Epilepsy Behav. 2013 Oct;29(1):252-3. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.033. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

Authors

Tao-Tao Liu¹, Jueping Feng, Hui-Lian Bu, Cheng Liu, Xue-Hai Guan, Hong-Bing Xiang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Tongji Hospital of Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China.

PMID: 23953694
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2013.06.033

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Electric Stimulation / methods*
Epilepsy / complications
Epilepsy / therapy*
Humans
Luminescent Proteins
Mice
Muscle, Skeletal / physiology
Neural Pathways / physiology
Neurons / metabolism
Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus / cytology
Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus / physiology*
Tryptophan Hydroxylase / metabolism
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase / metabolism

Substances

Luminescent Proteins
Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
Tryptophan Hydroxylase