Tremor varies as a function of the temporal regularity of deep brain stimulation

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-602

  Birdno, Merrill J ^a   Kuncel, Alexis M ^a   Dorval, Alan D ^a   Turner, Dennis A ^b   Grill, Warren M ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Deep brain stimulation; Movement disorders; Subthalamic nucleus; Thalamus; Tremor; Ventral thalamic nuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TEMPORAL LOBE; THALAMUS; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREMOR;

EID: 41849142613     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282f9e45e     Document Type: Article

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