Improvement of levodopa induced dyskinesias by thalamic deep brain stimulation is related to slight variation in electrode placement: Possible involvement of the centre median and parafascicularis complex

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-314

  Caparros Lefebvre, Dominique ^a   Blond, Serge ^b   Feltin, Marie Pierre ^c   Pollak, Pierre ^c   Benabid, Alim Louis ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Levodopa induced dyskinesias; Nucleus centromedianus and parafascicularis; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN VENTRICULOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEREOTAXIS; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

AGED; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0032812869     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.67.3.308     Document Type: Article

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