Selective attenuation of afferent synaptic transmission as a mechanism of thalamic deep brain stimulation-induced tremor arrest

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 841-850

  Anderson, Trent R ^a   Hu, Bin ^a   Iremonger, Karl ^a   Kiss, Zelma H T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Essential tremor; High frequency stimulation; Paired pulse; Synaptic depression; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SODIUM CURRENT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; WHOLE CELL;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 32544461256     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3523-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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