The posterior subthalamic area in the treatment of movement disorders: Past, present, and future

Neurosurgery

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1029-1038

  Blomstedt, Patric ^a   Sandvik, Ulrika ^a   Fytagoridis, Anders ^a   Tisch, Stephen ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Parkinson's disease; Prelemniscal radiation; Stereotactic procedures; Subthalamus; Tremor; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THALAMOTOMY; TREMOR; ZONA INCERTA;

ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; SUBTHALAMUS;

EID: 68049109371     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000345643.69486.BC     Document Type: Review

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