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. 2013 Nov 6;8(11):e78581. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078581

Table 1. Description of patients with Parkinson’s disease.

patient Age [years] DD [years] levodopa [mg] UPDRS III H-Y DBS target task neurons
1 64 14 1375 31 2.0 STN SEM 12
2 61 14 1200 37 2.5 STN SEM 7
3 46 15 1000 40 3.0 STN SEM 15
4 63 30 1250 50 3.0 STN SEM 3
5 53 12 700 37 2.5 STN SEM 14
6 69 9 750 47 3.0 STN SEM 5
7 49 12 1550 65 4.0 STN SEM 7
8 59 12 600 30 2.5 STN SEM 8
9 63 14 1350 21 2.0 GPi SEM 4
10 53 10 750 42 4.0 GPi SEM 11
11 53 11 1663 45 2.5 STN SEM 5
12 57 26 2000 59 4.0 STN SEM 12
13 28 3 720 10 2.0 GPi SEM 6
14 64 17 1500 31 2.5 STN SEM 12
15 53 12 1000 40 4.0 STN SEM 9
16 44 10 1130 23 2.0 GPi SEM, VGS 2
17 42 9 740 33 3.0 STN SEM, VGS 20
18 55 19 1980 35 2.0 STN SEM, VGS 16
19 60 14 1060 18 2.0 STN SEM, VGS 15

Age – age on the day of surgery; STN – subthalamic nucleus; GPi – globus pallidus interna; DD – Parkinsońs disease duration; Levodopa – dose/day in mg including levodopa equivalent dosage of dopamine agonist; patient 4 was also treated with mianserin; patients 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 with citalopram and 16 with bupropion; UPDRS III – motor score of the Unified Parkinsońs Disease Rating Scale in OFF medication condition; H-Y – Hoehn and Yahr stage in OFF medication condition; DBS target – nucleus chosen for bilateral deep brain stimulation; SEM – scanning eye movement task; VGS – visually guided saccade task; neurons – number of neurons identified in the basal ganglia.