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Postural instability in idiopathic Parkinson's disease: the role of medication and unilateral pallidotomyHelen M Bronte-Stewart
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305 5235, USA
Brain 125:2100-14. 2002..We suggest that patients with advanced IPD and PI on medication should consider adjuvant surgical treatment for better postural control...- Surgical therapy for dystoniaHelen Bronte-Stewart
Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room A 343, Stanford, CA 94305 5235, USA
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 3:296-305. 2003..This article reviews the surgical treatment of dystonia from past to present, with a focus on separating the outcomes for primary versus secondary and generalized versus cervical dystonia... 
Inclusion and exclusion criteria for DBS in dystoniaHelen Bronte-Stewart
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA
Mov Disord 26:S5-16. 2011..There is no enough evidence to refuse or support consideration of DBS in patients with previous ablative procedures...- Clinical motor outcome of bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep-brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease using image-guided frameless stereotaxyHelen Bronte-Stewart
Departments of Neurology and Neurological Sciences and of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5327, USA
Neurosurgery 67:1088-93; discussion 1093. 2010..Despite the demonstration of comparable accuracy between frame-based and "frameless" image-guided approaches, the clinical efficacy of frameless DBS placement has never been reported... - The STN beta-band profile in Parkinson's disease is stationary and shows prolonged attenuation after deep brain stimulationHelen Bronte-Stewart
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305 5327, USA
Exp Neurol 215:20-8. 2009..The finding that longer periods of DBS attenuated beta power for a longer time suggests that there may be long-acting functional changes to networks in the STN in PD after chronic DBS... - Bilateral symmetry and coherence of subthalamic nuclei beta band activity in Parkinson's diseaseCamille de Solages
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, USA
Exp Neurol 221:260-6. 2010..001) and are coherent between the two STNs of individual PD subjects (11/12 cases, p<0.05). These findings suggest the existence of a bilateral network controlling the beta band activity in the basal ganglia in PD... - Quantitative lateralized measures of bradykinesia at different stages of Parkinson's disease: the role of the less affected sideStephanie Louie
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305 5327, USA
Mov Disord 24:1991-7. 2009..004). These findings highlight the value of analyzing separately the MA and LA sides in subjects with PD, especially for clinical trials of potential disease modifying agents in early stages of disease... - Maximal subthalamic beta hypersynchrony of the local field potential in Parkinson's disease is located in the central region of the nucleusCamille de Solages
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94305 5327, USA
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 82:1387-9. 2011.... - Effect of medication and STN-DBS on postural control in subjects with Parkinson's diseaseJulie Nantel
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Rm A343, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94303, USA
Parkinsonism Relat Disord 18:285-9. 2012..To assess the effect of disease severity, dopaminergic medication (med) and STN-DBS on postural stability in Parkinson's disease (PD)... - Quantitative measures of fine motor, limb, and postural bradykinesia in very early stage, untreated Parkinson's diseaseMandy Miller Koop
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5327, USA
Mov Disord 23:1262-8. 2008..These measures may improve a study by: increasing efficiency and objectivity of the evaluation, decreasing cost, and decreasing the number of subjects needed for statistical significance... - Excessive postural sway and the risk of falls at different stages of Parkinson's diseaseAnna Frenklach
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305 5327, USA
Mov Disord 24:377-85. 2009..In dynamic conditions the SOTFSS was correlated with the retropulsion score from the UPDRS III (N = 102, P < 0.0001) and with the subjects' self-reported fall frequency from the UPDRS II (N = 62, SOT5: P = 0.0419, SOT6: P = 0.0034)... 
High frequency deep brain stimulation attenuates subthalamic and cortical rhythms in Parkinson's diseaseDiane Whitmer
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford CA, USA
Front Hum Neurosci 6:155. 2012..The spatially-specific suppression of beta synchrony in the motor cortex support the hypothesis that DBS may treat Parkinsonism by reducing excessive synchrony in the functionally connected sensorimotor network...- Repetitive stepping in place identifies and measures freezing episodes in subjects with Parkinson's diseaseJulie Nantel
Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University, CA, USA
Gait Posture 34:329-33. 2011..Detection of the number and duration of FEs using a computerized algorithm correlated with independent visual inspection of records... - Socioeconomic Trends in Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) SurgeryShivanand P Lad
Outcomes Research Laboratory, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA and Department of Neurology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
Neuromodulation 13:182-6. 2010..Conclusions: Future studies will need to include the socioeconomic impact of the technology on disease status, patient access, and costs as it expands to novel indications... - The functional organization of the sensorimotor region of the subthalamic nucleusPantaleo Romanelli
Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 82:222-9. 2004..This paper will review and compare experimental and clinical data regarding the functional organization of the STN and discuss the clinical implications for PD patients undergoing STN DBS... - The North American survey of placement and adjustment strategies for deep brain stimulationWilliam G Ondo
Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Stereotact Funct Neurosurg 83:142-7. 2005..Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is gaining wide acceptance as treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD), essential tremor, and dystonia...