Organism/cell line/tissue |
Human/blood leukocytes |
Sex |
Male |
Sequencer or array type |
SOLiD-3 |
Data format |
Raw and analyzed (primary RNA-Seq analysis level). |
Experimental factors |
Parkinson's disease pre-deep brain stimulation (DBS) treatment, and post treatment on and off electrical stimulation as well as age and gender-matched control samples. |
Experimental features |
From each patient, 3 blood samples were taken: one day prior to DBS neurosurgery which included bi-lateral implantation of microelectrodes into the subthalamic nucleus (upon hospitalization), and several weeks post-DBS 1) while being on electrical stimulation and following 1 h of electrical stimulation cessation. The leukocytes were fractionated from each sample. |
Consent |
All the samples were taken under informed consent and under the Hadassah Ethics committee approval. |
Sample source location |
Jerusalem, Israel, Human. |