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Resolution of apathy after dorsal instead of ventral subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas J. Zoon, Damiaan Denys & Martijn Figee

  2. Department of Neurology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Rob M. de Bie

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    P. Richard Schuurman & Pepijn van den Munckhof

  4. Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA

    Martijn Figee

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Zoon, T.J., de Bie, R.M., Schuurman, P.R. et al. Resolution of apathy after dorsal instead of ventral subthalamic deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol 266, 1267–1269 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09232-0

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