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Controlling Parkinson's Disease With Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation
Published on: July 16, 2014
[Prevalence of mood disorders in Parkinson's disease patients treated with subthalamic nucleus deep brain
H Maes1, F Vingerhoets, A Berney
1Faculté de biologie et médecine, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 21, 1015 Lausanne. Hannah.Maes@unil.ch
Abstract:
Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is a recognized treatment for advanced and severe forms of Parkinson's Disease. The procedure improves motor signs and often allows a reduction of the medication. The impact of the procedure on cognitive and neuropsychiatric signs of the disease is more debated and there is an international consensus for the need of a multidisciplinary evaluation of patients undergoing such programs, including a neuropsychiatric assessment. We present a review of the literature as well as the experience at our centre focused on the short and long term outcome on mood following STN-DBS.
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