Alexithymia in patients with Parkinson’s disease treated with DBS of the subthalamic nucleus: a case-control study.

ObjectivesTo evaluate the effect of deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN-DBS) on alexithymia, a deficit in affective regulation, comparing patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) submitted to STN-DBS (DBS group) to PD patients not yet treated with STN-DBS (pre-DBS group) and to heal...

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Main Authors: Lorys eCastelli, Debora eTonello, Laura eRizzi, Maurizio eZibetti, Michele eLanotte, Leonardo eLopiano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01168/full