Targeting the subthalamic nucleus

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 77, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 87-90

  Aziz, T Z ^a,b,c   Nandi, D ^a   Parkin, S ^b   Liu, X ^a   Giladi, N ^a   Bain, P ^c   Gregory, R G ^b   Joint, C ^b   Scott, R B ^b   Stein, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RADCLIFFE INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lesions; Parkinson's disease; Stimulation; Subthalamic nucleus; Targeting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPERATING ROOM; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROVOCATION TEST; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; STEREOTAXIS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 17344384239     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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