Deep Brain Stimulation for Neurological Disorders Theoretical Background and Clinical Application /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Itakura, Toru (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Medicine & Public Health.

Chronic electrical stimulation of the brain has become a standard surgical therapy for Parkinson’s disease, with many studies demonstrating excellent outcomes without any serious complications. Recently this surgical intervention has also been applied to various other neurological diseases, such as...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Background of Brain Stimulation: Anatomy and Physiology
• Basal Ganglia and Neuron Network
• Mechanism of Brain Stimulation
• Symptoms and Signs
• Parkinson disease
• Other movement disorders
• Epilepsy. Clinical Studies on Deep Brain Stimulation: Intraoperative Microrecording
• Instrument of Brain Stimulation
• Surgical Technique
• Instrument
• Parkinson disease
• Stimulation of Subthalamic Nucleus
• Stimulation of Globus Pallidus
• Stimulation of Thalamus
• Dystonia
• Essential Tremor
• Intractable pain
• Motor Cortex Stimulation
• Spinal Cord Stimulation
• Psychiatric Disorders
• Epilepsy
• Complications.