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Steven I. Wilkinson

Nilekani Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, Yale University
Verified email at yale.edu
Cited by 6773

High‐frequency unilateral thalamic stimulation in the treatment of essential and parkinsonian tremor

…, K Busenbark, J Hubble, S Wilkinson… - Annals of Neurology …, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
Pharmacologic treatment for essential tremor and the tremor of Parkinson's disease is often
inadequate. Stereotaxic surgery, such as thalamotomy, can effectively reduce tremors. We …

[BOOK][B] Votes and violence: Electoral competition and ethnic riots in India

S Wilkinson - 2006 - books.google.com
Why do ethnic riots break out when and where they do? Why do some governments try to
prevent ethnic riots while others do nothing or even participate in the violence? In this book, …

[BOOK][B] Patrons, clients and policies: Patterns of democratic accountability and political competition

H Kitschelt, SI Wilkinson - 2007 - books.google.com
Most models of party competition assume that citizens vote for a platform rather than
narrowly targeted material benefits. However, there are many countries where politicians win …

Atomic coherence effects within the sodium line: Lasing without inversion via population trapping

…, MO Scully, AV Smith, FK Tittel, C Wang, SR Wilkinson… - Physical review …, 1993 - APS
Atomic coherence effects within the sodium D_{1} line: Lasing without inversion via population
trapping Page 1 VOLUME 70, NUMBER 21 Ph YSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 24 MAY 1993 Atomic …

[PDF][PDF] Citizen-politician linkages: an introduction

H Kitschelt, SI Wilkinson - Patrons, clients, and policies …, 2007 - ndl.ethernet.edu.et
Since the 1970s, the “Third Wave” of democratic transitions has, by greatly enlarging the
number and type of democracies, raised a host of new research questions on the dynamics of …

[HTML][HTML] Adults with Down's syndrome: the prevalence of complications and health care in the community

A Henderson, SA Lynch, S Wilkinson… - British Journal of General …, 2007 - bjgp.org
Background Individuals with Down9s syndrome are predisposed to a variety of medical
conditions which can impose an additional, but preventable, burden of secondary disability. …

Real‐time automated detection and quantitative analysis of seizures and short‐term prediction of clinical onset

I Osorio, MG Frei, SB Wilkinson - Epilepsia, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: We describe an algorithm for rapid realtime detection, quantitation, localization of
seizures, and prediction of their clinical onset. Methods: Advanced digital signal processing …

Experimental evidence for non-exponential decay in quantum tunnelling

SR Wilkinson, CF Bharucha, MC Fischer, KW Madison… - Nature, 1997 - nature.com
An exponential decay law is the universal hallmark of unstable systems and is observed in
all fields of science. This law is not, however, fully consistent with quantum mechanics and …

Automated seizure abatement in humans using electrical stimulation

…, NC Bhavaraju, SF Schaffner, SB Wilkinson - Annals of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The need for novel, efficacious, antiseizure therapies is widely acknowledged. This study
investigates in humans the feasibility, safety, and efficacy of high‐frequency electrical …

Long-term evaluation of deep brain stimulation of the thalamus

R Pahwa, KE Lyons, SB Wilkinson, RK Simpson… - Journal of …, 2006 - thejns.org
Object The effects of thalamic deep brain stimulation (DBS) on essential tremor (ET) and
Parkinson disease (PD) have been well documented, but there is a paucity of long-term data. …