Evidence that ventrolateral thalamotomy may eliminate the supraspinal component of both pathological and physiological tremors

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 216-222

  Duval, Christian ^a,b   Panisset, Michel ^b   Bertrand, Gilles ^a   Sadikot, Abbas F ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Parkinson's disease; Power spectrum; Thalamotomy; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINGER; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OSCILLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; THALAMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR;

EID: 0034118892     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002210000358     Document Type: Article

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