... structures have been implicated, including the subthalamic nucleus (STN). Accordingly, Parkinson’s disease (PD), a disease defined by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the STN, has an interesting, although unspecified, relationship to hiccups. Hiccups have been described in association with PD and the use...

...Antti Huotarinen; Martin Reich; Jens Volkmann; Eero Pekkonen Background: STB DBS (deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus) is commonly used to treat advanced Parkinson disease (PD) while posterior hypothalamic DBS for cluster headache (CH) remains experimental. Methods: We present a case...

...). Here, we report the case of a 78-year-old man with a history of idiopathic PD who developed Capgras syndrome following bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation (DBS) implantation. As the risk of DMS has been related to deficits in executive, memory, and visuospatial function preoperatively...