Deep brain stimulation : new developments, procedures and applications / Alden G. Sloan and Andrea I. Montes Villarreal, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""DEEP BRAIN STIMULATIONNEW DEVELOPMENTS, PROCEDURESAND APPLICATIONS""; ""LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CHAPTER 1. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION FOR GILLESDE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Clinical Characteristics of Gilles De La Tourette Syndrome""; ""Pathophysiology of GTS""; ""Therapeutic Interventions for GTS""; ""WHAT PATIENTS WITH GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME SHOULD BE TREATED WITH DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION?""; ""Clinical Indication""; ""Age""; ""Exclusion Criteria""; ""Consent""

""WHAT IS THE BEST TARGET FOR DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME?""""Thalamus""; ""Globus Pallidus""; ""Anterior Limb of the Internal Capsule (ALIC)and Nucleus Accumbens (NA)""; ""Other Targets""; ""Comparative Studies""; ""Lateralisation of Target Selection""; ""Behavioral Effects""; ""Cognitive Effects""; ""Adverse Events""; ""RATIONALE FOR TARGET SELECTION AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES WITH DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION IN GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME""; ""Rationale for Target Selection in GTS and Future Perspectives""

""Methodological Issues Confound Conclusions about the Effects of DBS in GTS""""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 2. THE IMPACT OF SUBTHALAMICSTIMULATION ON AUTONOMICDYSFUNCTION IN PARKINSONâ€?S DISEASE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""Î?. INTRODUCTION""; ""Î?I. AUTONOMIC SYMPTOMS IN PD: PATHOPHYSIOLOGY- CLINICAL AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGICALEVALUATION-TREATMENT""; ""Cardiovascular Dysfunction""; ""Thermoregulatory Dysfunction""; ""Urological Dysfunction""; ""Sexual Dysfunction""; ""Gastrointestinal Dysfunction""; ""Clinical and Neurophysiological Examination of AutonomicSystem in PD""

""Cardiovascular Autonomic Testing""""Time Domain Analysis of Heart Rate Variability (HRV)""; ""Frequency Domain Analysis of HRV""; ""Valsalva Manoeuvre""; ""Cardiovascular Response to Standing and Head-Up Tilt Test""; ""Cardiac Sympathetic Imaging""; ""Skin Blood Flow (Skin Vasomotor Reflex)""; ""Plasma Catecholamines Levels""; ""Sudomotor Testing""; ""Quantitative Sudomotor Axon Reflex (QSART)""; ""Sympathetic Skin Response (SSR)""; ""Gastrointestinal Motility and Manometry Studies""; ""Evaluation of Genitourinary Autonomic Regulation""; ""Treatment of Autonomic Symptoms""

""III. THE EFFECT OF STN-DBS IN PD ON DYSAUTONOMIA""""DBS and Cardiovascular Function""; ""DBS and Thermoregulatory Function""; ""DBS and Urinary Function""; ""DBS and Sexual Function""; ""DBS and Gastrointestinal Function""; ""IV. THE RESULT OF DBS EFFECT ON AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN THE SERIES OF OUR PATIENTS""; ""V. FUTURE APPLICATIONS OF STN-DBSON AUTONOMIC FUNCTION IN PD""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION INTREATMENT-RESISTANTDEPRESSIVE DISORDERS""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. A BRIEF HISTORY""; ""3. DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION, AN OVERVIEW""; ""3.1. Technique""

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