Mechanism of Deep Brain Stimulation: Inhibition, Excitation, or Disruption?

Neuroscientist

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 313-322

  Chiken, Satomi ^a   Nambu, Atsushi ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation; dystonia; globus pallidus; Parkinson's disease; stereotactic surgery; subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; DEPOLARIZATION; EXCITATION; FIRING RATE; HUMAN; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BASAL GANGLION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; BRAIN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84966930611     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: 10894098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858415581986     Document Type: Review

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