Chronic electrical stimulation of the ventralis intermedius nucleus of the thalamus as a treatment of movement disorders

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 203-214

  Benabid, Alim Louis ^a   Pollak, Pierre ^b   Gao, Dongming ^b   Hoffmann, Dominique ^b   Limousin, Patricia ^b   Gay, Emmanuel ^b   Payen, Isabelle ^b   Benazzouz, Abdhelhamid ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

deep brain stimulation; essential tremor; Parkinson's disease; stereotaxy; thalamus; ventralis intermedius nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS NUCLEUS; VENTRAL ROOT;

EID: 0030053751     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1996.84.2.0203     Document Type: Article

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