Thalamic stimulation for disabling tremor in a patient with spinocerebellar degeneration

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 131-134

  Shimojima, Yasuhiro ^a   Hashimoto, Takao ^a,b   Kaneko, Kazuma ^a   Yazaki, Masahide ^a   Yoshida, Kunihiro ^a   Goto, Tetsuya ^a   Yamada, Ryuzo ^a   Hongo, Kazuhiro ^a   Ikeda, Shu Ichi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Specified Medical Corporation Jisenkai Aizawa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Spinocerebellar degeneration; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

PROTIRELIN; TALTIRELIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISABILITY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; STIMULATION; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

AGED; ARM; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS; REMISSION INDUCTION; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 29144500384     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088159     Document Type: Article

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