Chronic electrical stimulation of the left ventrointermediate (Vim) thalamic nucleus for the treatment of pharmacotherapy-resistant Parkinson's disease: A differential impact on access to semantic and episodic memory?

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 125-149

  Tröster, Alexander I ^a   Wilkinson, Steven B ^a   Fields, Julie A ^a   Miyawaki, Karen ^a   Koller, William C ^a  

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ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEMORY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0345404432     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brcg.1998.1025     Document Type: Article

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