Table 3. Current clinical and investigational DBS targets for extrapyramidal hyperkinetic movement disorders.
| Movement Disorder | Setting | |
|---|---|---|
| Routine Clinical Practice | Investigational | |
| Ballism | - | GPi |
| Chorea | - | GPi |
| Dystonia | GPi | STN |
| Tardive syndrome | GPi | - |
| Tics | - | Medial thalamus, GPi, IC-NcACC |
| Tremor (PD, dystonia) | VIM, PSA, DRT | - |
Abbreviations: GPi, internal globus pallidus; IC, internal capsule; NcAcc, nucleus accumbens; PD, Parkinson’s disease; VIM, ventral intermediate nucleus of thalamus; PSA, posterior subthalamic area; DRT, dentatorubrothalamic tract; STN, subthalamic nucleus.