Subject-specific computational models of pallidal deep brain stimulation, in conjunction with quantitative measures of forearm rigidity, were used to examine the neural pathways mediating stimulation-induced changes in rigidity in people with Parkinson’s disease. The model uniquely included internal, efferent and adjacent pathways of the basal ganglia. The results demonstrate that reductions in rigidity evoked by deep brain stimulation were principally mediated by the activation of globus pallidus internus efferent pathways.
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