From selective thalamotomy with microrecording to gamma thalamotomy for movement disorders

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 155-161

  Ohye, Chihiro ^a  

^a Hidaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gamma knife; Microrecording; Movement disorder; Thalamotomy; Tremor; Ventral intermediate nucleus

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA KNIFE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; THALAMOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MICROELECTRODES; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; RADIOSURGERY; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 33748508642     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000094954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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