Acute induction of levodopa-resistant freezing of gait upon subthalamic nucleus electrode implantation

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 488-490

  Adams, Chris ^a   Keep, Marcus ^b   Martin, Kim ^a   McVicker, John ^c   Kumar, Rajeev ^a  

^a Colorado Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Pinnacle Health Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Freezing of gait; Parkinson's disease; Pedunculopontine nucleus; Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL; LEVODOPA; METHYLPHENIDATE; RASAGILINE;

AGED; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CHOREIFORM DYSKINESIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; ELECTRODE; FIELD OF FOREL; FREEZING OF GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ZONA INCERTA;

AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 79959368203     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.02.014     Document Type: Letter

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