Effects of subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation on sweating function in Parkinson's disease.

Purpose: To assess the impact of subthalamic nucleus (STN) deep brain stimulation (DBS) on the sweating function in patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods: Nineteen patients with idiopathic PD (mean age+/-SD, 61.58+/-9.

Interictal alterations of cardiovagal function in chronic epilepsy.

Aim: To assess the function of parasympathetic heart control in patients with epilepsy by means of clinical routine neurophysiology.

Materials And Methods: Seventy-one consecutive epileptic patients (mean age+/-S.D.

Evaluation of conduction properties of somatic and sympathetic sudomotor fibers in patients with epilepsy.

To assess the function of fast somatic nerve fibers and sympathetic sudomotor system in patients with partial or generalized seizures, receiving various therapeutic regimes. The authors studied 60 patients (mean age 36.7 +/- 12.

The effect of stimulation technique on sympathetic skin responses in healthy subjects.

The aim of this study was to collect normative data for sympathetic skin responses (SSR) elicited by electrical stimulus of the ipsilateral and contralateral peripheral nerves, and by magnetic stimulus of cervical cord. SSRs were measured at the mid-palm of both hands following electrical stimulation of the left median nerve at the wrist and magnetic stimulation at the neck in 40 healthy adult volunteers (mean age 52.2 +/- 12.