Synchronized Neuronal Discharge in the Basal Ganglia of Parkinsonian Patients Is Limited to Oscillatory Activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2855-2861

  Levy, Ron ^a   Hutchison, William D ^a,b,c   Lozano, Andres M ^b,c   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Globus pallidus; Limb tremor; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; Subthalamic nucleus; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; OSCILLATION; PALLIDOTOMY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; TREMOR; ACTION POTENTIAL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; MICROELECTRODE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0036548771     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-07-02855.2002     Document Type: Article

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