Subthalamic Nucleus

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Lens-shaped structure on the inner aspect of the INTERNAL CAPSULE. The SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS and pathways traversing this region are concerned with the integration of somatic motor function.

Descriptor ID	D020531
MeSH Number(s)	A08.186.211.730.317.800.800
Concept/Terms	Subthalamic Nucleus Subthalamic Nucleus Nucleus, Subthalamic Nucleus of Luys Luys Nucleus Nucleus Subthalamicus Subthalamicus, Nucleus Subthalamic Nucleus of Luys Luys Subthalamic Nucleus Body of Luys Luys Body Corpus Luysi Luysi, Corpus

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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Central Nervous System [A08.186]
Brain [A08.186.211]
Prosencephalon [A08.186.211.730]
Diencephalon [A08.186.211.730.317]
Subthalamus [A08.186.211.730.317.800]
Subthalamic Nucleus [A08.186.211.730.317.800.800]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2005	1	0	1
2011	1	0	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	1	0	1
2018	1	0	1
2023	3	0	3
2024	2	0	2

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Hines K, Noecker AM, Frankemolle-Gilbert AM, Liang TW, Ratliff J, Heiry M, McIntyre CC, Wu C. Prospective Connectomic-Based Deep Brain Stimulation Programming for Parkinson's Disease. Mov Disord. 2024 12; 39(12):2249-2258.

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Hines K, Sharan I, Schaefer J, Fayed I, Atik A, Matias CM, Wu C. Microelectrode Recording During Deep Brain Stimulation Does Not Consistently Represent Lead Trajectory. Oper Neurosurg. 2025 01 01; 28(1):38-42.

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Vedaei F, Fayed I, Alizadeh M, Miller C, Zhang AB, Koa V, Khan S, Mohamed FB, Wu C. Effect of Enlarged Perivascular Spaces in Reliable Distinction of Prospective Targeting During Deep Brain Stimulation in Patients With Advanced Parkinson's Disease: A Study of Deterministic and Probabilistic Tractography. Neurosurgery. 2023 09 01; 93(3):691-698.

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Duffley G, Szabo A, Lutz BJ, Mahoney-Rafferty EC, Hess CW, Ramirez-Zamora A, Zeilman P, Foote KD, Chiu S, Pourfar MH, Goas Cnp C, Wood JL, Haq IU, Siddiqui MS, Afshari M, Heiry M, Choi J, Volz M, Ostrem JL, San Luciano M, Niemann N, Billnitzer A, Savitt D, Tarakad A, Jimenez-Shahed J, Aquino CC, Okun MS, Butson CR. Interactive mobile application for Parkinson's disease deep brain stimulation (MAP DBS): An open-label, multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2023 04; 109:105346.

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Miller CPK, Muller J, Noecker AM, Matias C, Alizadeh M, McIntyre C, Wu C. Automatic Segmentation of Parkinson Disease Therapeutic Targets Using Nonlinear Registration and Clinical MR Imaging: Comparison of Methodology, Presence of Disease, and Quality Control. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2023; 101(2):146-157.

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Klepitskaya O, Liu Y, Sharma S, Sillau SH, Tsai J, Walters AS. Deep brain stimulation improves restless legs syndrome in patients with Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2018 09 11; 91(11):e1013-e1021.

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Eisenstein SA, Koller JM, Black KD, Campbell MC, Lugar HM, Ushe M, Tabbal SD, Karimi M, Hershey T, Perlmutter JS, Black KJ. Functional anatomy of subthalamic nucleus stimulation in Parkinson disease. Ann Neurol. 2014 Aug; 76(2):279-95.

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Sutton AC, Yu W, Calos ME, Mueller LE, Berk M, Shim J, Molho ES, Brotchie JM, Carlen PL, Shin DS. Elevated potassium provides an ionic mechanism for deep brain stimulation in the hemiparkinsonian rat. Eur J Neurosci. 2013 Jan; 37(2):231-41.

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Gilmour TP, Piallat B, Lieu CA, Venkiteswaran K, Ramachandra R, Rao AN, Petticoffer AC, Berk MA, Subramanian T. The effect of striatal dopaminergic grafts on the neuronal activity in the substantia nigra pars reticulata and subthalamic nucleus in hemiparkinsonian rats. Brain. 2011 Nov; 134(Pt 11):3276-89.

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Chou KL, Hurtig HI, Jaggi JL, Baltuch GH, Pelchat RJ, Weintraub D. Electroconvulsive therapy for depression in a Parkinson's disease patient with bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulators. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2005 Sep; 11(6):403-6.

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