Optogenetic Inhibition of the Subthalamic Nucleus Reduces Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

Hyung Ho Yoon,Joongkee Min,Eunmi Hwang,Changjoon Justin Lee,Jun Kyo Francis Suh,Onyou Hwang,Sang Ryong Jeon

Optogenetic Inhibition of the Subthalamic Nucleus Reduces Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesias in a Rat Model of Parkinson's Disease

2016

Hyung Ho Yoon
Joongkee Min
Eunmi Hwang
Changjoon Justin Lee
Jun Kyo Francis Suh
Onyou Hwang
Sang Ryong Jeon

Background: The inhibition of neuronal activity by electrical deep brain stimulation is one of the mechanisms explaining the amelioration of levodopa-induced dysk

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Parkinson's disease
Deep brain stimulation
Levodopa
Neuroscience
Anesthesia
Subthalamic nucleus
Levodopa-induced dyskinesia
Premovement neuronal activity
Optogenetics
Medicine
Halorhodopsin

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