Tremor cells in the human thalamus: Differences among neurological disorders

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-47

  Brodkey, Jason A ^b   Tasker, Ronald R ^b   Hamani, Clement ^b   McAndrews, Mary Pat ^b   Dostrovsky, Jonathan O ^b   Lozano, Andres M ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Movement disorder; Parkinson disease; Thalamus; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CELL POPULATION; CEREBELLUM DISEASE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 3042604535     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2004.101.1.0043     Document Type: Article

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