The subthalamic nucleus: Myth and opportunities

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 183-184

  Lozano, Andres M ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN INJURY; CHOREA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSKINESIA; EDITORIAL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HEMIBALLISM; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIDOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; DYSKINESIAS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0035297116     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1076     Document Type: Editorial

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