Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is widely used for the treatment of movement disorders
including Parkinson's disease, essential tremor, and dystonia and, to a lesser extent, certain …

In this review, we consider the potential functional role of beta-band oscillations, which at
present is not yet well understood. We discuss evidence from recent studies on top-down …

The basal ganglia are subcortical nuclei that control voluntary actions, and they are affected
by a number of debilitating neurological disorders,,,. The prevailing model of basal ganglia …

An influential striatal model postulates that neural activities in the striatal direct and indirect
pathways promote and inhibit movement, respectively. Normal behavior requires …

Deep brain stimulation is a neuromodulatory treatment for managing the symptoms of
Parkinson's disease and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Electrodes are …

Synchronised neuronal oscillations at beta frequencies are prevalent in the human motor
system, but their function is unclear. In this Opinion article, we propose that the levels of beta …

Summary Modulations of beta oscillations (13–30 Hz) during normal motor control suggest
that they may act to promote current motor set at the expense of new movements. These …

The functions of rewards are based primarily on their effects on behavior and are less
directly governed by the physics and chemistry of input events as in sensory systems …

Oscillations form a ubiquitous feature of the central nervous system. Evidence is accruing
from cortical and sub-cortical recordings that these rhythms may be functionally important …

Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with exaggerated oscillatory synchrony in the basal
ganglia at frequencies over 8–35 Hz. Studies have demonstrated a suppression of local field …