[Deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease].

Background: Deep brain stimulation is an essential therapeutic tool in Parkinson's disease.

Aim: To assess the results of a series of patients with Parkinson's disease treated with micro-electrode guided subthalamic nucleus stimulation.

Material And Methods: Twenty patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease were studied (10 males).

Quetiapine for insomnia in Parkinson disease: results from an open-label trial.

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic with sedative properties frequently used to treat hallucinations and psychosis in Parkinson disease (PD). The objective of this trial is to evaluate quetiapine for insomnia in nonpsychotic PD patients. Fourteen consecutive PD patients with frequent insomnia and without psychotic symptoms were treated openly for 12 weeks with a single evening dose of quetiapine.