Common and unique responses to dopamine agonist therapy and deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: An H215O PET study

Common and unique responses to dopamine agonist therapy and deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease: An H215O PET study

Background: Dopamine agonist therapy and deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) are antiparkinsonian treatments that act on a different part of the basal ganglia-thalamocortical motor circuitry, yet produce similar symptomatic improvements. Objective/Hypothesis: The purpose of...

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Main Authors: Trent J. Bradberry, Leonard Verhagen Metman, José L. Contreras-Vidal, Pepijn van den Munckhof, Lara A. Hosey, Jennifer L.W. Thompson, Geralyn M. Schulz, Fredrick Lenz, Rajesh Pahwa, Kelly E. Lyons, Allen R. Braun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-10-01
Series:Brain Stimulation
Subjects:
Parkinson’s disease
deep brain stimulation
apomorphine
positron emission tomography
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1935861X11001264

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