Postmortem proof of effectiveness of zona incerta stimulation in parkinson disease

Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 16 PART 2, 2008, Pages 1489-1490

  Guehl, D ^a,c   Vital, A ^a   Cuny, E ^a   Spampinato, U ^b   Rougier, A ^a   Bioulac, B ^a   Burbaud, P ^a  

^a BORDEAUX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b USN   (France)

^c HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; ZONA INCERTA;

EID: 42049111840     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000310426.18409.11     Document Type: Article

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