Cerebellar and Motor Cortical Transcranial Stimulation Decrease Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in Parkinson’s Disease

Cerebellum

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-47

  Ferrucci, Roberta ^a,b   Cortese, Francesca ^a   Bianchi, Marta ^c   Pittera, Dario ^a   Turrone, Rosanna ^c   Bocci, Tommaso ^a,d   Borroni, Barbara ^c   Vergari, Maurizio ^a   Cogiamanian, Filippo ^a   Ardolino, Gianluca ^a   Di Fonzo, Alessio ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^c   Priori, Alberto ^a,b,e  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^e Clinica Neurologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar tDCS; Cerebellum; Levodopa induced dyskinesias; Parkinson; tDCS

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SAFETY; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CEREBELLUM; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CEREBELLUM; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR CORTEX; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84955755919     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-015-0737-x     Document Type: Article

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