The optimal stimulation site for chronic stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus in Parkinson's disease

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 61-67

  Yokoyama, Tetsuo ^a   Sugiyama, Kenji ^a   Nishizawa, Shigeru ^a   Yokota, Naoki ^a   Ohta, Seiji ^a   Akamine, Souichi ^a   Namba, Hiroki ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Stereotactic surgery; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

AKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYMPTOM; ARTICLE; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035554251     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064598     Document Type: Conference Paper

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