Is the medial globus pallidus a site for stimulation or lesioning in the treatment of Parkinson's disease?

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 69, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Tronnier, Volker M ^a   Fogel, Wolfgang ^a   Kronenbuerger, Martin ^a   Krause, Martin ^a   Steinvorth, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Microelectrode recording; Pallidal stimulation; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DYSKINESIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MICROELECTRODE; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; RIGIDITY; ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031309780     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000099853     Document Type: Article

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