TY - JOUR T1 - Levodopa-induced dyskinesia and thalamotomy. JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry JO - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry SP - 831 LP - 839 DO - 10.1136/jnnp.47.8.831 VL - 47 IS - 8 AU - H Narabayashi AU - F Yokochi AU - Y Nakajima Y1 - 1984/08/01 UR - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/47/8/831.abstract N2 - Levodopa-induced dyskinesia of the limbs in thirteen cases of Parkinsonism, which was choreic, ballistic or dystonic in type, was alleviated almost completely by stereotaxic surgery using a microelectrode technique for the ventralis oralis anterior and posterior nuclei of the thalamus, but much less by the ventralis intermedius nucleus. Control of levodopa-induced dyskinesias by thalamic lesions in the course of routine treatment of Parkinsonism is discussed. ER -