Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders. Considerations on 276 consecutive patients

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1497-1510

  Franzini, Angelo ^a   Cordella, Roberto ^a   Messina, Giuseppe ^a   Marras, Carlo Efisio ^a   Romito, Luigi Michele ^a,b   Carella, Francesco ^a   Albanese, Alberto ^a,b   Rizzi, Michele ^a   Nardocci, Nardo ^a   Zorzi, Giovanna ^a   Zekay, Edvin ^a   Broggi, Giovanni ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Movement disorders

Indexed keywords

AKINESIA; ANTERIOR COMMISSURE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ABSCESS; BRAIN COMMISSURE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAPSULA INTERNA; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DEVICE INFECTION; DYSARTHRIA; DYSKINESIA; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GAIT DISORDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS PARS INTERNA; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMONITORING; NOCICEPTION; POSTERIOR COMMISSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THALAMUS MEDIALIS CENTRALIS NUCLEUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WEIGHT GAIN; ZONA INCERTA;

ADULT; BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 80755190063     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: 14351463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00702-011-0656-z     Document Type: Article

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