Deep brain stimulation for cognitive disorders

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 307-311

  Laxton, Adrian W ^a   Lipsman, Nir ^b   Lozano, Andres M ^b  

^a WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Deep brain stimulation; Dementia; Fornix; Memory; Neuromodulation; Nucleus basalis of Meynert

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FORNIX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FORNIX; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEYNERT BASAL NUCLEUS; NEUROMODULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEMENTIA; FORNIX; MEMORY; NEUROMODULATION; NUCLEUS BASALIS OF MEYNERT;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FORNIX, BRAIN; HUMANS;

EID: 84885134792     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53497-2.00025-5     Document Type: Chapter

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