The rationale driving the evolution of deep brain stimulation to constant-current devices

Neuromodulation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 85-88

  Bronstein, Jeff M ^a   Tagliati, Michele ^b   McIntyre, Cameron ^c   Chen, Robert ^d   Cheung, Tyler ^b   Hargreaves, Eric L ^e   Israel, Zvi ^f   Moffitt, Michael ^g   Montgomery, Erwin B ^h   Stypulkowski, Paul ⁱ   Shils, Jay ^j,k   Denison, Timothy ⁱ   Vitek, Jerrold ^l   Volkman, Jens ^m   Wertheimer, Jeffrey ^b   Okun, Michael S ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^g Boston Scientific   (United States)

^h The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

ⁱ Medtronic   (United States)

^j LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; impedance; Parkinson's disease; voltage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONSENSUS; CONSTANT CURRENT DEVICE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENCAPSULATION; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; NEUROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; BIOPHYSICS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TIME FACTOR;

BIOPHYSICAL PHENOMENA; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84923579965     PISSN: 10947159     EISSN: 15251403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ner.12227     Document Type: Article

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