title: To serve and protect? Interventions in the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's disease. Commentary on "Ablation of the subthalamic nucleus protects dopaminergic phenotype but not cell survival in a rat model of Parkinson's disease".
authors.affiliation: Division of Applied and Interventional Research, The Toronto Western Hospital Research Institute, Toronto ON, Canada M5T 2S8.
authors.forename: Suneil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kalia
authors.forename: Joanne E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: Andres M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Lozano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004298:Dopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D010641:Phenotype; D051381:Rats; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D004298:Dopamine