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Subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation is neuroprotective in the A53T α-synuclein Parkinson's disease rat model.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jun 2017
Musacchio Thomas, Rebenstorff Maike, Fluri Felix, Brotchie Jonathan M, Volkmann Jens, Koprich James B, Ip Chi Wang
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) is a highly effective symptomatic therapy for motor deficits in Parkinson's disease (PD). An additional, disease-modifying effect has been suspected from studies in toxin-based PD animal models, but these models do not reflect the molecular pathology and progressive nature of PD that would be required to evaluate a disease-modifying action....
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