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Physiological and Pathological Patterns in Subthalamic Neurons Related to Parkinson's Disease

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The authors describe two patterns of impulse activity in subthalamic nucleus neurons and interpret how high-frequency stimulation, by influencing a set of the ion currents, can modulate the above patterns.

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Hammond, C., Beurrier, C., Garcia, L. et al. Physiological and Pathological Patterns in Subthalamic Neurons Related to Parkinson's Disease. Neurophysiology 34, 96 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020773015553

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