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Eero Pekkonen
Neurology
Neurosciences
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Open AccessClinical and Brain Morphometry Predictors of Deep Brain Stimulation Outcome in Parkinson’s Disease
Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) is known to improve motor function in advanced Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to enable a reduction of anti-parkinsonian medication. While the levodopa challenge test...
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Open AccessFecal microbiome alterations in treatment-naive de novo Parkinson’s disease
Gut microbiota alterations in Parkinson’s disease (PD) have been found in several studies and are suggested to contribute to the pathogenesis of PD. However, previous results could not be adequately adjusted f...
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Open AccessDeep brain stimulation for monogenic Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective treatment for Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients with motor fluctuations and dyskinesias. The key DBS efficacy studies were performed in PD patients with unknown gen...
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Open AccessLocalization of Sensorimotor Cortex Using Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and Magnetoencephalography
The map** of the sensorimotor cortex gives information about the cortical motor and sensory functions. Typical map** methods are navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and magnetoencephalography...
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Open AccessComorbidity and retirement in cervical dystonia
Cervical dystonia (CD) is the most common form of dystonia. The onset of CD is usually before 60 years of age and it may cause severe functional and psychosocial impairment in everyday life. Recently non-motor...
