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Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) attentional effects parallel those of l-dopa treatment

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Aim of our study was to investigate the different effects on attentional capacity of deep brain stimulation DBS (STN or GPi) and of l-dopa in PD patients. Patients were evaluated on-DBS/off-l-dopa, on-l-dopa/off-DBS, on-l-dopa/on-DBS and off-l-dopa/off-DBS. Our results indicate that DBS effects on attentional functions parallel those of l-dopa. A site independent (both STN and GPi) worsening of verbal fluency was observed, possibly connected to the stimulus effect on the cortico-subcortical-cortical loop.

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  1. IRCCS Fondazione S. Lucia, , , , , , IT

    L. Brusa, M. Pierantozzi, A. Peppe & P. Stanzione

  2. Divisione di Neurochirurgin Osp. CTO, , , , , , IT

    M. G. Altibrandi & P. Mazzone

  3. Istituto di Clinica delle Malattie Nervose e Mentali, Universita' di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy, , , , , , IT

    P. Giacomini

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  1. L. Brusa
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Received December 11, 2000; accepted March 1, 2001

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Brusa, L., Pierantozzi, M., Peppe, A. et al. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) attentional effects parallel those of l-dopa treatment. J Neural Transm 108, 1021–1027 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s007020170020

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