Pedunculopontine nucleus and basal ganglia: distant relatives or part of the same family?

Central cholinergic pathways in the rat: An overview based on an alternative nomenclature (Ch1–Ch6)

1983 • 2,305 citations

The primate subthalamic nucleus. II. Neuronal activity in the MPTP model of parkinsonism

1994 • 1,352 citations

The pedunculopontine nucleus and Parkinson's disease

2000 • 800 citations

Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus of the rat: Cytoarchitecture, cytochemistry, and some extrapyramidal connections of the mesopontine tegmentum

1987 • 537 citations

Afferent connections of the laterodorsal and the pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in the rat: A retro‐ and antero‐grade transport and immunohistochemical study

1992 • 535 citations

Neuronal loss in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus in Parkinson disease and in progressive supranuclear palsy.

1987 • 532 citations

Dopamine regulates the impact of the cerebral cortex on the subthalamic nucleus–globus pallidus network

2001 • 480 citations

Organization of the output of the ventral striatopallidal system in the rat: Ventral pallidal efferents

1993 • 457 citations

Neural mechanisms underlying parkinsonian symptoms based upon regional uptake of 2-deoxyglucose in monkeys exposed to 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine

1989 • 455 citations

The pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson's disease

1989 • 376 citations

The basal ganglia and the locomotor regions

1986 • 370 citations

NADPH-diaphorase: A selective histochemical marker for the cholinergic neurons of the pontine reticular formation

1983 • 367 citations

GABAergic neurons in the rat pontomesencephalic tegmentum: Codistribution with cholinergic and other tegmental neurons projecting to the posterior lateral hypothalamus

1995 • 342 citations

The pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus: Where the striatum meets the reticular formation

1995 • 334 citations

Pedunculopontine nucleus in the squirrel monkey: Projections to the basal ganglia as revealed by anterograde tract‐tracing methods

1994 • 308 citations

Projections of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons of the brainstem core to relay and associational thalamic nuclei in the cat and macaque monkey

1988 • 305 citations

How the Basal Ganglia Use Parallel Excitatory and Inhibitory Learning Pathways to Selectively Respond to Unexpected Rewarding Cues

1999 • 304 citations

Distribution of acetylcholine and catecholamine neurons in the cat brainstem: A choline acetyltransferase and tyrosine hydroxylase immunohistochemical study

1987 • 284 citations

The mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) in the rat

1984 • 266 citations

Pedunculopontine nucleus in the squirrel monkey: Distribution of cholinergic and monoaminergic neurons in the mesopontine tegmentum with evidence for the presence of glutamate in cholinergic neurons

1994 • 257 citations

Evolution of the basal ganglia in tetrapods: a new perspective based on recent studies in amphibians

1998 • 227 citations

Locomotion-inducing sites in the vicinity of the pedunculopontine nucleus

1987 • 224 citations

Acetylcholine systems and rhythmic activities during the waking–sleep cycle

2004 • 220 citations

Glutamate-like immunoreactivity in neurons of the laterodorsal tegmental and pedunculopontine nuclei in the rat

1990 • 205 citations

Electrophysiological properties of pedunculopontine neurons and their postsynaptic responses following stimulation of substantia nigra reticulata

1990 • 205 citations

Reversal of akinesia in experimental parkinsonism by GABA antagonist microinjections in the pedunculopontine nucleus

2002 • 200 citations

Cholinergic, GABAergic, and glutamate-enriched inputs from the mesopontine tegmentum to the subthalamic nucleus in the rat

1995 • 196 citations

Innervation of substantia nigra neurons by cholinergic afferents from pedunculopontine nucleus in the rat: neuroanatomical and electrophysiological evidence

1987 • 194 citations

Anatomical and electrophysiological studies on the reciprocal projections between the subthalamic nucleus and nucleus tegmenti pedunculopontinus in the rat

1983 • 190 citations

Metabolic activity of excitatory parafascicular and pedunculopontine inputs to the subthalamic nucleus in a rat model of Parkinson's disease

2000 • 155 citations

Cholinergic and noncholinergic tegmental pedunculopontine projection neurons in rats revealed by intracellular labeling

1996 • 147 citations

Unilateral lesion of the nigrostriatal pathway induces an increase of neuronal activity of the pedunculopontine nucleus, which is reversed by the lesion of the subthalamic nucleus in the rat

2001 • 143 citations

On the Relationships Between the Striatum and the Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus

1997 • 135 citations

Role of basal ganglia–brainstem systems in the control of postural muscle tone and locomotion

2004 • 134 citations

Separate neuronal populations of the rat globus pallidus projecting to the subthalamic nucleus, auditory cortex and pedunculopontine tegmental area

1992 • 113 citations

Selective deficits in attentional performance on the 5-choice serial reaction time task following pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus lesions

2001 • 107 citations

Sensory-motor gating and cognitive control by the brainstem cholinergic system

2002 • 103 citations

Quantification of cholinergic and select non-cholinergic mesopontine neuronal populations in the human brain

1999 • 102 citations

Evidence for a role of basal ganglia in the regulation of rapid eye movement sleep by electrical and chemical stimulation for the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus and the substantia nigra pars reticulata in decerebrate cats

2004 • 101 citations

Inhibitory substantia nigra inputs to the pedunculopontine neurons

1991 • 101 citations

Locomotor projections from the pedunculopontine nucleus to the spinai cord

1990 • 91 citations

An ultrastructural study of cholinergic and non-cholinergic neurons in the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in the rat

1995 • 88 citations

Brainstem dopaminergic, cholinergic and serotoninergic afferents to the pallidum in the squirrel monkey

1994 • 85 citations

Frontal syndrome as a consequence of lesions in the pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus: A short theoretical review

1998 • 78 citations

Relationships between thalamostriatal neurons and pedunculopontine projections to the thalamus: a neuroanatomical tract-tracing study in the rat

1999 • 77 citations

Nigral innervation of cholinergic and glutamatergic cells in the rat mesopontine tegmentum: light and electron microscopic anterograde tracing and immunohistochemical studies.

1998 • 77 citations

Colocalization of γ-aminobutyric acid and acetylcholine in neurons in the laterodorsal and pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei in the cat: a light and electron microscopic study

2003 • 75 citations

Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus lesions impair stimulus-reward learning in autoshaping and conditioned reinforcement paradigms.

2000 • 72 citations

The ascending reticular activating system — from aminergic neurons to nitric oxide

2000 • 69 citations

Nigral innervation of cholinergic and glutamatergic cells in the rat mesopontine tegmentum: Light and electron microscopic anterograde tracing and immunohistochemical studies

1998 • 60 citations

Brainstem Neural Mechanisms of Sleep and Wakefulness

1998 • 60 citations

Pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus lesions impair stimulus–reward learning in autoshaping and conditioned reinforcement paradigms.

2000 • 59 citations

Nigral GABAergic inhibition upon cholinergic neurons in the rat pedunculopontine tegmental nucleus

2003 • 57 citations

An electrophysiological characterization of projections from the pedunculopontine area to entopeduncular nucleus and globus pallidus in the cat

1983 • 55 citations

Protection against dopaminergic nigrostriatal cell death by excitatory input ablation

2000 • 52 citations

Intracellular analysis of excitatory subthalamic inputs to the pedunculopontine neurons

1989 • 50 citations

Glutamate-enriched cholinergic synaptic terminals in the entopeduncular nucleus and subthalamic nucleus of the rat

1997 • 46 citations

Regional metabolic changes in the pedunculopontine nucleus of unilateral 6-hydroxydopamine Parkinson's model rats

1999 • 40 citations

Changes in sleep–waking cycle after striatal excitotoxic lesions

2002 • 39 citations

Infrequent co-existence of nitric oxide synthase and parvalbumin, calbindin and calretinin immunoreactivity in rat pontine neurons

1995 • 34 citations

Calretinin-immunoreactive neurons in primate pedunculopontine and laterodorsal tegmental nuclei

1999 • 20 citations

The functional role of the pedunculopontine nucleus in the regulation of the electrical activity of entopeduncular neurons in the rat.

1988 • 20 citations

Striatal dopaminergic stimulation produces c-Fos expression in the PPT and an increase in wakefulness

2003 • 19 citations

Pedunculo-pontine control of visually guided saccades

2004 • 15 citations

Circling behavior elicited by cholinergic transmission in the substantia nigra pars compacta: Involvement of nicotinic and muscarinic receptors

1996 • 14 citations

Role of muscarinic cholinergic mechanisms in the substantia nigra pars reticulata in mediating muscular rigidity in rats

1984 • 13 citations