Thalamic stimulation in multiple sclerosis: Evidence for a 'demyelinative thalamotomy'

Multiple Sclerosis

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1311-1321

  Moore, G R Wayne ^a,b   Vitali, Aleksander M ^a   Leung, Esther ^a   Laule, Cornelia ^a   Kozlowski, Piotr ^a   MacKay, Alex L ^a   Honey, Christopher R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Blusson Spinal Cord Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deep brain stimulation; Demyelination; MRI; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SLICE; CADAVER; DEMYELINATION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THALAMUS; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; DEMYELINATING DISEASES; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE I, RECOMBINANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THALAMUS; TISSUE EMBEDDING; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 70450159749     PISSN: 13524585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1352458509345914     Document Type: Article

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