BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 226-229 , October 2010

Involvement of the human ventrolateral thalamus in the control of visually guided saccades

  • Martin Kronenbuerger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH University, Aachen, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Martin Kronenbuerger, MD, Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty, RWTH University, University Hospital Aachen, Pauwelsstrasse 30, Aachen, 52074, Germany. Fax: 49-241-8082444 attention Martin Kronenbuerger.
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  • Esther G. González

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Vision Science Research Program, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Liu D. Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Elena Moro

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neurology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Martin J. Steinbach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Vision Science Research Program, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • Andres M. Lozano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Moji Hodaie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jonathan O. Dostrovsky

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • James A. Sharpe

      Affiliations

    • Vision Science Research Program, Toronto Western Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Division of Neurology, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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  • William D. Hutchison

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Received 8 July 2009 ,Revised 8 November 2009 ,Accepted 7 December 2009.

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 This study was supported by the Parkinson Society Canada, Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, NSERC, and the Krembil Family Foundation Fund, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant ME5509 to J.A.S., in addition to a research grant to M.K. from the Felgenhauer Stiftung, German Society of Neurology.

 Elena Moro, MD, PhD, Andres M. Lozano, MD, PhD, and William D. Hutchison, PhD, have received honoraria for lecturing and grant support from Medtronic Inc.

PII: S1935-861X(09)00111-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2009.12.002

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 3, Issue 4 , Pages 226-229 , October 2010

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