title: ExPPNing how acetylcholine improves gait in Parkinson's disease: An Editorial Highlight for 'Deletion of the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter from Pedunculopontine/laterodorsal tegmental neurons modifies gait'.
abstract: Read the highlighted article 'Deletion of the Vesicular Acetylcholine Transporter from Pedunculopontine/laterodorsal tegmental neurons modifies gait' on page 787.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, RWTH University Aachen, Aachen, Germany.|JARA-Institute Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH and RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Björn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Falkenburger
mesh_terms: D000109:Acetylcholine / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018678:Cholinergic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D020233:Gait Disorders, Neurologic / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000523:psychology; D045042:Pedunculopontine Tegmental Nucleus / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000068836:Rivastigmine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects; D013681:Tegmentum Mesencephali / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D018678:Cholinergic Agents; D002800:Cholinesterase Inhibitors; D050494:Vesicular Acetylcholine Transport Proteins; D000109:Acetylcholine; D000068836:Rivastigmine