Parallel processing of sensory inputs: An evoked potentials study in Parkinsonian patients implanted with thalamic stimulators

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 146-151

  Insola, Angelo ^a   Rossi, Simone ^b,c   Mazzone, Paolo ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^b  

^a CTO Hospital   (Italy)

^b FATEBENEFRATELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Thalamic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMUS;

AGED; BRAIN; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; REACTION TIME; THALAMUS;

EID: 0032922746     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-5597(98)00055-0     Document Type: Article

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