STANDARDIZING INDIRECT TARGETING AND BUILDING ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL MAPS FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION SURGERY AFTER ACCOUNTING FOR BRAIN SHIFT

Chronic Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) has been a rapidly evolving area of neurotherapeutics since its initial introduction for the treatment of Parkinsons disease and essential tremor in the 1990s. In the recent past, there has been active research to improve the outcome of the procedure as well as t...

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Main Author: Pallavaram Srinivasan, Srivatsan
Other Authors: Dr. J. Michael Fitzpatrick
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2010
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu/available/etd-07152010-142554/