Biographical summary of characteristics of subjects given bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation
| Subject | Sex | Age (years) | Formal education (years) | Disease duration (years) | Age at onset (years) | Disease severity | Primary symptom | Side affected | Drug treatment (preop daily dose (mg)) | Drug treatment (postop daily dose (mg)) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | ||||||||||
| Disease severity is given by the Hoehn and Yahr scale score.17 | |||||||||||
| F, female; L, left; M, male; postop, postoperative; preop, preoperative; R, right; BL, bilateral. | |||||||||||
| 1 | M | 62 | 14 | 16 | 46 | 4.0 | 2.5 | Bradykinesia | BL (L>R) | Sinemet (1000) | Sinemet (1000) |
| Comtan (600) | |||||||||||
| 2 | F | 62 | 10 | 13 | 49 | 3.0 | 3.0 | Tremor | BL (R>L) | Madopar (750) | Madopar (500) |
| Symmetrel (200) | |||||||||||
| 3 | M | 68 | 8 | 4 | 64 | 5.0 | 4.0 | Bradykinesia | BL | Symmetrel (300) | Sinemet (825) |
| Sinemet (1100) | Madopar (125) | ||||||||||
| Madopar (250) | |||||||||||
| 4 | M | 68 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Tremor | BL (R>L) | Madopar (500) | Cabaser (1 mg) |
| Tambacor (100) | |||||||||||
| Betaloc (50) | |||||||||||
| 5 | M | 56 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 2.0 | 2.0 | Tremor | BL (R>L) | Madopar (750) | Madopar (750) |