Reaction time is not impaired by stimulation of the ventral-intermediate nucleus of the Thalamus (Vim) in patients with tremor

Movement Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 488-492

  Flament, Didier ^a   Shapiro, Mark B ^b   Pfann, Kerstin D ^b   Moore, Charity G ^a   Penn, Richard D ^c   Corcos, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Human; Parkinson's disease; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; SKIN STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR; VISUAL STIMULATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

AGED; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROPRIOCEPTION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0036589839     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10120     Document Type: Review

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