| Literature DB >> 12735936 |
Michèle Gentil1, Serge Pinto, Pierre Pollak, Alim-Louis Benabid.
Abstract
Never was the effect of bilateral stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) evaluated quantitatively on all the components of speech production, that is articulation, respiration and phonation, at the same time. It is the purpose of this study which uses force measurements of the articulatory organs and acoustic analysis in 16 parkinsonian patients. With STN stimulation, reaction and movement time of the articulatory organs decreased and their maximal strength, as well as their precision increased. We also noted a large beneficial effect on voice with a significant improvement in respiratory and phonatory functions.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID： 12735936 DOI： 10.1016/s0093-934x(02)00590-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Brain Lang ISSN： 0093-934X Impact factor: 2.381