| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 349 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Neurological disease and therapy ; 91 |
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Neurological disease and therapy ; v. 91.
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| Contents |
Front cover; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1. History of Deep Brain Stimulation; Chapter 2. Deep Brain Stimulation: Anatomical, Physiological, and Computational Mechanisms; Chapter 3. Indications for Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery; Chapter 4. Deep Brain Stimulation Preop Assessment and Teaching; Chapter 5. Surgical Technique for Leksell Frame Based Deep Brain Stimulation of the Subthalamic Nucleus; Chapter 6. Frameless Stereotaxy for Placement of Deep Brain Stimulators |
| Summary |
Considered the largest breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's disease in the past 40 years, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is a pioneering procedure of neurology and functional neurosurgery, forging enormous change and growth within the field. The first comprehensive text devoted to this surgical therapy, this source expertly examines all aspects of DBS from history and theory to patient evaluation, recovery, and rehabilitation. Edited by specialists in the top-tiers of the discipline, including contributors from the pioneering Movement Disorder Group at the University of Pennsylvania, thi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parkinson's disease.
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Parkinson's disease -- Surgery
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Brain stimulation.
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Parkinson Disease -- therapy
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Deep Brain Stimulation -- methods
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Alzheimer's & Dementia.
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MEDICAL -- Neurology.
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Brain stimulation.
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Parkinson's disease.
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Parkinson's disease -- Surgery.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Baltuch, Gordon H.
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Stern, Matthew B.
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| ISBN |
9781420019759 |
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1420019759 |
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9780429164569 |
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0429164564 |
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