Deep brain stimulation and refractory freezing of gait in Parkinson's disease: Improvement with high-frequency current steering co-stimulation of subthalamic nucleus and substantia Nigra

Brain Stimul. 2020 Mar-Apr;13(2):280-283. doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2019.10.010. Epub 2019 Oct 16.

¹ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: nic.goan@gmail.com.
² Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: vit.rispoli@gmail.com.
³ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: contaldie@yahoo.it.
⁴ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: fabiana.colucci9@gmail.com.
⁵ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: lorenzo.mongardi@student.unife.it.
⁶ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: m.cavallo@ospfe.it.
⁷ Neurology, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, Az. Ospedaliera Universitaria Sant'Anna, Cona, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: mc.sensi@ospfe.it.

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Keywords: Deep brain stimulation; Freezing of gait; Parkinson’s disease; Substantia nigra; Subthalamic nucleus.

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