Directional deep brain stimulation: A case of avoiding dysarthria with bipolar directional current steering

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue , 2016, Pages 156-158

  Reker, Paul ^a   Dembek, Till A ^a   Becker, Johannes ^a   Visser Vandewalle, Veerle ^a   Timmermann, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Directional deep brain stimulation; Dysarthria; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DIRECTIONAL DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL LEAD AND PC PULSE GENERATOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DYSARTHRIA; EUPHORIA; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; RIGIDITY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DYSARTHRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 84994227114     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2016.08.007     Document Type: Letter

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