− | DBS is used to manage some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease that cannot be adequately controlled with medications.<ref name=NINDS/><ref name="USDHHS">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/DeviceApprovalsandClearances/Recently-ApprovedDevices/ucm083894.htm FDA approves implanted brain stimulator to control tremors.] Retrieved February 10, 2015.</ref> PD is treated by applying high-frequency (> 100 Hz) stimulation to three target structures namely to entrolateral thalamus, internal pallidum, and subthalamic nucleus (STN) to mimic the clinical effects of lesioning.<ref>Koller, W. and Melamed, E., 2007. Parkinson's disease and related disorders. 1st ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier.</ref> It is recommended for people who have PD with motor fluctuations and tremor inadequately controlled by medication, or to those who are intolerant to medication, as long as they do not have severe [[wikt:neuropsychiatric|neuropsychiatric]] problems.<ref name="pmid20937936">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bronstein JM, Tagliati M, Alterman RL, Lozano AM, Volkmann J, Stefani A, Horak FB, Okun MS, Foote KD, Krack P, Pahwa R, Henderson JM, Hariz MI, Bakay RA, Rezai A, Marks WJ, Moro E, Vitek JL, Weaver FM, Gross RE, DeLong MR |title=Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: an expert consensus and review of key issues |journal=Archives of Neurology |volume=68 |issue=2 |page=165 |date=February 2011 |pmid=20937936 |pmc=4523130 |doi=10.1001/archneurol.2010.260 |display-authors=1}}</ref> Four areas of the brain have been treated with neural stimulators in PD. These are the [[globus pallidus internus]], [[thalamus]], [[subthalamic nucleus]] and the [[pedunculopontine nucleus]]. However, most DBS surgeries in routine practice target either the globus pallidus internus, or the Subthalamic nucleus. | + | DBS is used to manage some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease that cannot be adequately controlled with medications.<ref name=NINDS/><ref name="USDHHS">U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [https://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/DeviceApprovalsandClearances/Recently-ApprovedDevices/ucm083894.htm FDA approves implanted brain stimulator to control tremors.] Retrieved February 10, 2015.</ref> PD is treated by applying high-frequency (> 100 Hz) stimulation to three target structures namely to entrolateral thalamus, internal pallidum, and subthalamic nucleus (STN) to mimic the clinical effects of lesioning.<ref name=":4">Koller, W. and Melamed, E., 2007. Parkinson's disease and related disorders. 1st ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier.</ref> It is recommended for people who have PD with motor fluctuations and tremor inadequately controlled by medication, or to those who are intolerant to medication, as long as they do not have severe [[wikt:neuropsychiatric|neuropsychiatric]] problems.<ref name="pmid20937936">{{cite journal |vauthors=Bronstein JM, Tagliati M, Alterman RL, Lozano AM, Volkmann J, Stefani A, Horak FB, Okun MS, Foote KD, Krack P, Pahwa R, Henderson JM, Hariz MI, Bakay RA, Rezai A, Marks WJ, Moro E, Vitek JL, Weaver FM, Gross RE, DeLong MR |title=Deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease: an expert consensus and review of key issues |journal=Archives of Neurology |volume=68 |issue=2 |page=165 |date=February 2011 |pmid=20937936 |pmc=4523130 |doi=10.1001/archneurol.2010.260 |display-authors=1}}</ref> Four areas of the brain have been treated with neural stimulators in PD. These are the [[globus pallidus internus]], [[thalamus]], [[subthalamic nucleus]] and the [[pedunculopontine nucleus]]. However, most DBS surgeries in routine practice target either the globus pallidus internus, or the Subthalamic nucleus. |