1. Study finds role of mid-brain in integrating heart and respiratory response to exercise
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... female, mean age 47.5 years) undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) were selected for the study. Five patients underwent stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) for Parkinson’s disease; four had ...

2. Electrode re-implantation helps some Parkinson's disease patients
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... electrode placement. According to a report in the May issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. Implanting electrodes that stimulate the subthalamic nucleus, a region deep ...

3. Cognitive decline seen after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
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Mild impairments in frontostriatal cognitive function can occur in patients who undergo bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease, according to a report. Mild impairments ...

4. Stop signs: study identifies 'braking' mechanism in the brain
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... participants stopped their responses on a simple computerized 'go-stop' task. One of the connected regions was the subthalamic nucleus, within the deep-seated midbrain, which is an interface with the ...

5. Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease is safe and some patients benefit
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... of the brain called the subthalamic nucleus. This region is working on overdrive in the disease process and GABA is an inhibitory transmitter and is important in trying to calm this hyper-reactive circuit. ...

6. Gene therapy for Parkinson's disease modulates abnormal brain networks
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Changes in the activity of abnormal brain networks appear to underlie the motor improvements seen with subthalamic transfection of the gene encoding glutamic acid decarboxylase in patients with Parkinson's ...

7. Cognitive decline seen after deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease
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Tags: [frontostriatal, cognitive function, subthalamic, deep brain stimulation, DBS]  ...