Reduced GABA content in the motor thalamus during effective deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN), in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients, is a well established therapeutic option, but its mechanisms of action are only partially known. In our previous study, the clinical transitions from OFF- to ON-state were not correlated with signifi...

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Main Author: Alessandro eStefani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2011-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2011.00017/full