Aphasia and thalamotomy: Important issues

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 186-190

  Bruce, Beau B ^a   Foote, Kelly D ^a,b   Rosenbek, John ^a   Sapienza, Christine ^a   Romrell, Janet ^a   Crucian, Greg ^a   Okun, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Dysfluency; Language deficit; Parkinson's disease; Speech disorders; Thalamotomy

Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; APHASIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSARTHRIA; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; THALAMOTOMY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

APHASIA; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; THALAMUS;

EID: 10844260506     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000082207     Document Type: Review

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