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Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic and Pedunculopontine Nucleus in a Patient with Parkinson's Disease

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a novel therapy developed to treat Parkinson's disease. We report a patient who underwent bilateral DBS of the PPN and subthalamic nucleus (STN). He suffered from freezing of gait (FOG), bradykinesia, rigidity and mild tremor...

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Autores principales: Liu, Huan-Guang, Zhang, Kai, Yang, An-Chao, Zhang, Jian-Guo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Neurosurgical Society 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4414778/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25932301
http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2015.57.4.303