The Dominant-STN phenomenon in bilateral STN DBS for Parkinson's disease

In some patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and bilateral STN-DBS the motor benefit from one STN alone appears similar to the improvement obtained with bilateral STN-DBS. Thus, we hypothesized that some patients have a “dominant-STN,” whose stimulation achieves similar results than bilateral...

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Main Authors: Anna Castrioto, Christopher Meaney, Clement Hamani, Filomena Mazzella, Yu-Yan Poon, Andres M. Lozano, Mojgan Hodaie, Elena Moro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-01-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996110003013

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