Do intraoperative microrecordings improve subthalamic nucleus targeting in stereotactic neurosurgery for Parkinson's disease?

Abstract

Intraoperative microrecordings are of determinant importance for accurate STN localization and are essential for optimal results in neurosurgical practice. PSD analysis is a simple and quick quantitative signal descriptor that will probably provide even more precise, simple and rapid tool for intraoperative neurophysiological localization of the STN.