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Directional stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and impulse control disorder in Parkinson's disease.
IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE, THE ADMINISTRATION OF LEVODOPA AND DOPAMINERGIC AGONIST DRUGS IMPROVES MOTOR MANIFESTATIONS. HOWEVER, CHRONIC USE OF THESE DRUGS CAN CAUSE SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT AND PROBLEMATIC. IN THIS STUDY IN PATIENTS WITH PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND THIS COMPLICATION WE WILL ASSESS WHETHER THE IMPLANTATION OF AN ELECTRODE IN THE BRAIN THAT STIMULATES SELECTIVELY COULD ALLOW A MOTOR IMPROVEMENT THAN THE TRADITIONAL FORM OF STIMULATION AND A GREATER REDUCTION OF THE DOSE OF DOPAMINERGIC DRUGS IMPROVING THE IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER BUT MAINTAINING THE MOTOR BENEFIT. WE WILL ALSO STUDY IF WITH THIS DIRECTIONAL STIMULATION THERE ARE LESS NON-MOTOR SIDE EFFECTS THAT ARE SOMETIMES OBSERVED IN THESE PATIENTS IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATIENTS AND THE QUALITY OF THE ACTIVITIES THEY PERFORM.
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- DIRECTIONAL STIMULATION OF THE SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS AND IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
- Protocol number: IMPULDIRECT
- Promoter: Clinica Universidad de Navarra
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