Electrical stimulation of the posterior subthalamic area for the treatment of intractable proximal tremor

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 708-715

  Murata, Jun Ichi ^a   Kitagawa, Mayumi ^b   Uesugi, Haruo ^b   Saito, Hisatoshi ^b   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^b   Kikuchi, Seiji ^b   Tashiro, Kunio ^b   Sawamura, Yutaka ^b  

^a Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; Proximal tremor; Somatosensory evoked potential; Subthalamus; Zona incerta

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141455194     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.4.0708     Document Type: Article

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