title: From anatomy to electrophysiology: clinical Lasker goes deep.
abstract: This year, the Lasker∼DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award will be shared by Mahlon R. DeLong and Alim-Louis Benabid for elucidating the role of the subthalamic nucleus in mediating the motor dysfunction of Parkinson's disease and for pioneering the use of deep-brain stimulation to alleviate symptoms of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Howard Hughes Medical institute, and Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: hzoghbi@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Huda Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zoghbi
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D046690:Deep Brain Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D020531:Subthalamic Nucleus / Q000473:pathology*; D014481:United States