Higher neuronal discharge rate in the motor area of the subthalamic nucleus of parkinsonian patients

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1409-1420

  Deffains, Marc ^a,b   Holland, Peter ^c   Moshel, Shay ^a,b   Ramirez de Noriega, Fernando ^d   Bergman, Hagai ^a,b   Israel, Zvi ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Alpha Omega Engineering Ltd   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Microelectrode recording; Neuronal discharge; Parkinson s disease; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMBIC CORTEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURONAL DISCHARGE RATE; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; ACTION POTENTIAL; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84907228598     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00170.2014     Document Type: Article

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