The subthalamic nucleus in primary dystonia: Single-unit discharge characteristics

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3740-3752

  Schrock, Lauren E ^a,b   Ostrem, Jill L ^a,b   Turner, Robert S ^c   Shimamoto, Shoichi A ^a   Starr, Philip A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTIVE FIELD; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749110723     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00544.2009     Document Type: Article

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