Deep brain stimulation of the pedunculopontine nucleus in Parkinson's disease. Preliminary experience at Oxford.

Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is a novel neurosurgical therapy developed to address symptoms of gait freezing and postural instability in Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Here, we summarize our non-human primate and neuroimaging research of relevan...

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Main Authors: Pereira, E, Muthusamy, K, De Pennington, N, Joint, C, Aziz, T
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008