Involvement of the medial pallidum in focal myoclonic dystonia: A clinical and neurophysiological case study.

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We successfully treated a patient with familial myoclonic dystonia (FMD), which primarily affected his neck muscles, with bilateral deep brain stimulation (DBS) to the medial pallidum, and investigated the role of the medial pallidum in FMD. A patient with FMD underwent bilateral implantation of DBS electrodes during which field potentials (FPs) in the medial pallidum and electromyograms (EMGs) from the affected neck muscles were recorded. The effects of high-frequency DBS to the medial palli...

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Authors: Liu, X; Griffin, I; Parkin, S; Miall, R; Rowe, J

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 346-353
• Publication date: 2002-03-01
• DOI: 10.1002/mds.10038
• EISSN: 1531-8257
• ISSN: 0885-3185
• Language: English
• Keywords: Neck Muscles; Globus Pallidus; Electrodes, Implanted; Humans; Adult; Dystonic Disorders; Male; Electric Stimulation Therapy; Electroencephalography; Electromyography; Dominance, Cerebral