Unilateral deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus alleviates tardive dyskinesia | Zendy

Schrader Christoph | Zendy; Peschel Thomas | Zendy; Petermeyer Michael | Zendy; Dengler Reinhard | Zendy; Hellwig Dieter | Zendy

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Unilateral deep brain stimulation of the internal globus pallidus alleviates tardive dyskinesia

Author(s) -

Schrader Christoph,

Peschel Thomas,

Petermeyer Michael,

Dengler Reinhard,

Hellwig Dieter

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

movement disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352

H-Index - 198

eISSN - 1531-8257

pISSN - 0885-3185

DOI - 10.1002/mds.10705

Subject(s) - tardive dyskinesia , deep brain stimulation , dyskinesia , choreiform movement , globus pallidus , medicine , stimulation , movement disorders , anesthesia , pallidotomy , neurological disorder , tetrabenazine , neuroscience , psychology , basal ganglia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , central nervous system disease , surgery , parkinson's disease , central nervous system , psychiatry , dopamine , disease

We describe a patient with fluspirilene‐induced tardive dyskinesia of the choreiform oro‐facial‐laryngeal type resistant to various conservative approaches for 7 years who underwent deep brain stimulation of the internal pallidal globe. We found immediate and marked suppression of her perioral involuntary movements with unilateral stimulation at 60 Hz. © 2003 Movement Disorder Society

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