Pathological crying caused by high-frequency stimulation in the region of the caudal internal capsule

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 264-266

  Low, Hu Liang ^a,b   Sayer, Faisal T ^b   Honey, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTACAPONE; LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN REGION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGICAL CRYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOBULBAR PALSY;

ANXIETY; CRYING; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL CAPSULE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 39049149080     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2007.53     Document Type: Article

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