Lesions as therapy: Surgical intervention in Parkinson's disease prior to L-Dopa

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 375-391

  Clower, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Neurosurgery; Pallidotomy; Parkinson's disease; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOTOR SYSTEM; NEUROSURGERY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROSENCEPHALON; PSYCHOSURGERY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THALAMUS;

EID: 0036933810     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jhin.11.4.375.8536     Document Type: Article

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