Thalamic stimulation for essential tremor activates motor and deactivates vestibular cortex

Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1347-1354

  Ceballos Baumann, Andrés O ^c   Boecker, H ^d   Fogel, W ^d   Alesch, F ^b   Bartenstein, P ^d   Conrad, B ^d   Diederich, N ^d   Von Falkenhayn, I ^d   Moringlane, J R ^a   Schwaiger, M ^d   Tronnier, V M ^d  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; THALAMUS; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0035932957     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.56.10.1347     Document Type: Article

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