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Controlling Parkinson's Disease With Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation
Published on: July 16, 2014
Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease: Valuable Programming Insights from Anecdotal
Viswas Dayal1, Harith Akram2, Ludvic Zrinzo2
1Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, United Kingdom, v.dayal@ucl.ac.uk.
Abstract:
In this article, we use a case to illustrate and discuss some practically important learning points about programming subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease patients and highlight clinically relevant issues resulting from anatomical and device-related anomalies. These include the phenomenon of a dominant subthalamic nucleus, clinical variability with delayed response to stimulation, equivalence of electrical charge when using short-pulse settings, and issues regarding conversion of settings between constant-current and constant-voltage devices that are increasingly common with the use of device components from multiple manufacturers.
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