January 14, 2003

How do parkinsonian signs return after discontinuation of subthalamic DBS?

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Abstract

STN DBS may act by different mechanisms on the four major parkinsonian signs. At least 3 hours off STN DBS is needed to estimate the clinical effect of stimulation.

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Temperli et al. (Tue,) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69db5dd778a3e0e288685218 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.60.1.78

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