Thalamic deep brain stimulation for midbrain tremor secondary to cystic degeneration of the brainstem

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 128-133

  Sanborn, Matthew R ^a   Danish, Shabbar F ^a   Ranalli, Nathan J ^a   Grady, M Sean ^a   Jaggi, Jurg L ^a   Baltuch, Gordon H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Functional and Restorative Neurosurgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Midbrain tremor; Ventralis intermedius nucleus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; ELECTRODE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SAFETY; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

ADULT; BRAIN STEM; CYSTS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; TREMOR; VENTRAL THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 61449212093     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000207201     Document Type: Article

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