Less is more: Adaptation of voltage after battery replacement in deep brain stimulation for dystonia

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 311-314

  Blahak, Christian ^a   Capelle, Hans Holger ^b   Bäzner, Hansjörg ^a   Kinfe, Thomas ^b   Hennerici, Michael G ^a   Krauss, Joachim K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Battery change; Deep brain stimulation; Dystonia; Globus pallidus internus; Ventral intermediate nucleus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSTONIA; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MICROELECTRODE;

ADULT; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSTONIA; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955521126     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319958     Document Type: Article

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