Thalamic deep brain stimulation for posttraumatic action tremor

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 280-283

  Umemura, Atsushi ^a   Samadani, Uzma ^a   Jaggi, Jurg L ^a   Hurtig, Howard I ^a   Baltuch, Gordon H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Stereotaxis; Thalamus; Trauma; Tremor

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; LEVODOPA; PRIMIDONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; FEEDING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERSONAL HYGIENE; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

ADOLESCENT; DIFFUSE AXONAL INJURY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; HUMANS; MALE; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 3543099175     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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